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tallen

tallen verb: to become tall or taller.

Verb

tallen (third-person singular simple present tallens, present participle tallening, simple past and past participle tallened)

  1. (intransitive) To become tall or taller
    • "Must have et^([sic]) good. Tallened up too, seem^([sic]) like."1958, Kyle Onstott, Mandingo, page 561
    • He broke off, panting hard, because he had involuntarily tallened again.2014, John Brunner, The Crucible of Time

Antonyms of tallen

Forms of tallen

third-person singular presenttallens
present participletallening
past participletallened
pasttallened

Origin of tallen

From tall + -en.

Questions about tallen

What does tallen mean?
Tallen means to become tall or taller.
What part of speech is tallen?
Tallen is a verb.
What is the past tense of tallen?
The past tense of tallen is tallened.

Words near tallen in the dictionary

  1. tallboy
  2. tallboys
  3. tallegalane
  4. tallegalanes
  5. talleitim
  6. tallen
  7. tallened
  8. tallening
  9. tallent
  10. tallents
  11. taller

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