Definition of Tall

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Definition of Tall

Tall

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.

Brave; bold; courageous.

Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.

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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

I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.
Paul McCartney

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.
Truman Capote

I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself.
Tyra Banks

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.
Gore Vidal

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

I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.
Raymond Chandler

My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.
Yakov Smirnoff

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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