tall

IPA: tˈɔɫ

(possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall.
A clothing size for taller people.
A tall serving of a drink, especially one from Starbucks, which contains 12 ounces.

(of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
(of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
(of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
(chiefly US, of a cup of coffee) Smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces (~ 230 ml).
(obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.
(obsolete) Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
(obsolete) Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
(archaic) Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.

Examples of "tall" in Sentences

He was tall and gangly.
The height of the pony is not that tall.
Did he grow the tall dendroid back there
In these conditions, trees grow tall and thrive.
It is the building with the tall antenna at the top.
A tall thin sapling grows in the garden near my house.
Discussion of the location of tall buildings is unproductive.
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing
Gary Firkins has managed to put it in -- tall, impossibly green corn.
This tall Yazagaku student is the epitome of high class and femininity.
When they are damaged, very tall buildings occasionally have to be flattened.
Those students prominence Alabamas failure to sense preparation in tall school.
* Antitrinitarians; the peasantry are often extremely fond of hard and long words, which they call tall English.
"Please, Marse Herbert and Miss Cap, don't you tell ole marse nuffin 'tall 'bout my loosin' sight of you!" pleaded Wool.
They can additionally be built in tall levels to illustrate creation them preferred for those gardeners with singular mobility.
Tall perennials Joe Pye weed and what we call the tall sunflower, rudbeckia lanciniata are joined by a single volunteer Datura metal.
You equate short with women (and minorities) and tall with men, and in the context of basketball – where being tall is in effect an intrinsic “talent”.
"It's what I call a tall order, Burton," exclaimed Tom Ellison, who, with the Doctor, had been listening to the police officer's plan to raid the Cave of Hydas.