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Definition of Tall

Tall

  1. High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.
  2. Brave; bold; courageous.
  3. Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.

Tall Quotations

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Abraham Lincoln

Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
Mae West

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
T. S. Eliot

Goofy was the word that was used most often by my sisters because I've been this tall ever since I was 12 years old.
Will Smith

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.
Thomas Carlyle
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Tall Translations

tall in Dutch is verheven, hoog
tall in Finnish is korkea
tall in French is haut, mailloche
tall in Hungarian is magas
tall in Italian is grande, elevato
tall in Portuguese is alto
tall in Spanish is gran, alto, elevada

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