The meaning of Tall

adjective

Of considerable size or extent.

Usage examples:

Her big hazel eyes

verb

Praise or recommend something highly.

Usage examples:

The record's been on the streets a while now, but it's still worth bigging up

noun

The major league in a professional sport.

Usage examples:

The day he made it to the bigs, he forgot every minor league ballpark he ever played in

adjective

Huge; gigantic.

Usage examples:

A beam engine of brobdingnagian proportions

noun

A giant.

Usage examples:

He never quite stayed still, peeking out of the cattails to eye this brobdingnagian and see whether…

adjective

Extremely large or great.

Usage examples:

A colossal amount of mail

adjective

Situated or placed higher than the surrounding area.

Usage examples:

This hotel has an elevated position above the village

verb

Raise or lift (something) to a higher position.

Usage examples:

The exercise will naturally elevate your chest and head

adjective

Raised

Usage examples:

The doctor said i was to keep my leg elevated., there is an elevated area at the back of the buildi…

adjective

(of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing.

Usage examples:

A gangling youth with a trace of down on his cheeks

verb

Move ungracefully.

Usage examples:

He gangled along main street

adjective

Tall, thin, and awkward in movement

Usage examples:

Susan showed up with a tall, gangly boy.

noun

An imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size.

Usage examples:

Along the north-west coast of britain, megalithic sites were commonly associated with mythical gian…

adjective

Of very great size or force; gigantic.

Usage examples:

Giant multinational corporations

noun

A person, either real or imaginary, who is extremely large and strong, or a very large or powerful organization

Usage examples:

He was a giant of a man, over six and a half feet tall., the merger makes them a giant in the publi…

adjective

Extremely large

Usage examples:

Because they are complementary brands, there are none of the giant-sized headaches that a merger be…

adjective

Of very great size or extent; huge or enormous.

Usage examples:

A gigantic concrete tower

adjective

Extremely large

Usage examples:

A gigantic shopping center

adjective

Of great vertical extent.

Usage examples:

The top of a high mountain

noun

A high point, level, or figure.

Usage examples:

Commodity prices were at a rare high

adverb

At or to a considerable or specified height.

Usage examples:

The sculpture stood about five feet high

adjective

Extremely large; enormous.

Usage examples:

A huge area

adjective

(of a person) ungracefully thin and tall.

Usage examples:

He is lanky and a brilliant artist as well as being excellent at crosswords.

adjective

Tall and thin and often tending to move awkwardly as a result

Usage examples:

He shifted his lanky body uncomfortably in the cramped airplane seat.

adjective

Of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity.

Usage examples:

Add a large clove of garlic

verb

Enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music.

Usage examples:

He's known in clubland for his capacity for larging it

adverb

Another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb).

adjective

Having attractively long legs (typically used of a woman).

Usage examples:

A leggy redhead

adjective

Having long legs

Usage examples:

A leggy fellow

adjective

Of imposing height.

Usage examples:

The elegant square was shaded by lofty palms

adjective

High

Usage examples:

Lofty mountains, lofty sentiments

adjective

Measuring a great distance from end to end.

Usage examples:

A long corridor

adverb

(of a vowel) categorized as long with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard british english the vowel /uː/ in food is long as distinct from the short vowel /ʊ/ in good ).

verb

Have a strong wish or desire.

Usage examples:

She longed for a little more excitement

adjective

Having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster.

Usage examples:

Monstrous, bug-eyed fish

adjective

Very bad, esp. because too big

Usage examples:

After the flood she was faced with monstrous repair bills., monstrous deeds

adjective

(of a building) having several storeys.

Usage examples:

Australia's capital cities were transformed as the demolition of existing structures made way for m…

noun

A car park with several storeys.

Usage examples:

Among other criticisms the car park report stated: ‘the four multi-storeys are seriously lacking in…

adjective

A multistorey building has several floors

Usage examples:

A multistorey hotel, i left the car in the multistorey.

adjective

(of a person) tall and slim with long, slender limbs.

Usage examples:

A pale, rangy boy in his late teens

adjective

Having long thin legs and arms

Usage examples:

A tall, rangy figure

adjective

At a very high level

Usage examples:

Our expectations of him were sky-high.

adjective

At a very high level or in very large amounts

Usage examples:

Investor confidence is sky-high., sky-high prices/rates/interest, rents have climbed sky-high.

adjective

Flying or rising high in the air.

Usage examples:

The coloured trails of soaring rockets

verb

Fly or rise high in the air.

Usage examples:

The bird spread its wings and soared into the air

adjective

Increasing quickly in amount, number, value, or level

Usage examples:

Soaring costs/prices/sales for most of the summer, consumers in america were insulated from the soa…

adjective

Extremely tall, especially in comparison with the surroundings.

Usage examples:

Hari looked up at the towering buildings

verb

Rise to or reach a great height.

Usage examples:

He seemed to tower over everyone else

adjective

Very high or very great

Usage examples:

Fielder hit a towering home run., bresson’s towering masterpiece explores the nature of freedom.