tall

tall meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of tall in a sentence

• Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...
• He′d been packed in with all the other journos, standing out only in that he was taller than most and didn′t make as much noise.2000, Robert Bingham, Lightning on the Sun, page 34:
• Fremantle remains unsure about the status a pair of key talls ahead of a defining clash with Adelaide at Optus Stadium.2018 June 5, Chris Robinson, “Fremantle Dockers defender Alex Pearce faces fitness test on injured ankle”, in The West Australian:

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Synonyms of tall

• high
• elevated
• exalted
• lofty
• eminent

Antonyms

• short
• low
• low-rise
• deep
• shallow

All synonyms and antonyms of tall

Forms of tall

Origin of tall

From Middle English tall, talle, tal (“seemly, becoming, handsome, good-looking, excellent, good, valiant, lively in speech, bold, great, large, big”), from Old English *tæl, ġetæl (“swift, ready, having mastery of”), from Proto-Germanic *talaz (“submissive, pliable, obedient”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, reckon”). Cognate with Scots tal (“high, lofty, tall”), Old Frisian tel (“swift”), Old Saxon gital (“quick”), Old High German gizal (“active, agile”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌻𐍃 (untals, “indocile, disobedient”). The Oxford English Dictionary notes: "The sense development [of tall] is remarkable, but is paralleled more or less by that of other adjectives expressing estimation, such as buxom, canny, clean, clever, cunning, deft, elegant, handsome, pretty, proper; German klein, as compared with English clean, presents the antithesis to modern tall as compared to tall in early Middle English. It has been conjectured that in the sense 'high of stature' it is a different word, adopted from the Welsh tal in some sense; but the latter is, according to Professor Rhŷs, merely a 16th-century borrowing of the English word (in Owen Pughe's Dictionary erroneously...

Words formed from tall

• big and tall
• cut down the tall poppy
• feel eight feet tall
• feel nine feet tall
• feel ten feet tall
• feel twelve feet tall
• keep it tall
• mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails
• megatall
• plain tall
• ride tall in the saddle
• stand tall
• supertall
• tall bluestem
• tall-case clock
• tall, dark and handsome
• tall drink
• tall drink of water
• tall fescue
• tall glass of water
• tallgrass
• tallie
• tall in the saddle
• tallish
• tall man
• tall meadowrue
• tallness
• tall nightshade
• tall oaks from little acorns grow
• tall oil
• tall one
• tall order
• tall pawn
• tall pocosin
• tall poppy
• tall poppy syndrome
• tall reed
• tall s
• tall ship
• tallsome
• tall story
• tall tale
• tall thistle
• tall trees catch much wind
• tally
• untall
• walk tall

Phrases with tall

• tall men
• tall oils
• tall ones
• stood tall
• tall pawns
• tall reeds
• tall ships
• tall tales
• Tall White
• stands tall
• Tall Blacks
• tall drinks

Words that rhyme with tall

• call
• ball
• fall
• wall
• Montreal
• stall
• crawl
• hall
• small
• haul
• waterfall
• caul

Questions about tall

What does tall mean?

Tall means having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the feet to the very top of the head) when standing. (For instance, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be deemed tall.).

What is tall in Hindi?

Tall in Hindi is ऊँचा (ū̃cā), लम्बा (lambā). See Tall meaning in Hindi.

How do you use tall in a sentence?

Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady.

What part of speech is tall?

Tall can be an adjective or a noun.

How do you pronounce tall?

Tall is pronounced /tɔːl/ (UK).