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tallness
tall T0026500 (tôl)adj. tall·er, tall·est 1. a. Having greater than ordinary height: a tall woman.b. Having considerable height, especially in relation to width; lofty: tall trees.2. Having a specified height: a plant three feet tall.3. Informal Fanciful or exaggerated; boastful: tall tales of heroic exploits.4. Impressively great or difficult: a tall order to fill.5. Obsolete Excellent; fine.adv. With proud bearing; straight: stand tall.
[Middle English, brave, quick, from Old English getæl, swift; see del- in Indo-European roots.]
tall′ish adj.tall′ness n.Tallness - I’m about as tall as a shotgun and just as noisy —Truman Capote
- I towered over my parents like some big-footed freak of another species, like a cuckoo raised by sparrows —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Long and tall as a scarecrow —John Yount
- Tall and gaunt as a hangman —Angela Carter
See Also: THINNESS - Tall as a building —Louise Erdrich
- Tall as a crane —Dame Edith Sitwell
This is part of the opening and closing refrain of Dame Edith’s Aubade, the full stanza reading, “Jane, Jane, tall as a crane, the morning light creaks down again.” In the United States the “Tall as a crane” comparison can be traced back to an Arkansas railroad song in which the simile is used as follows: “He was six feet seven in his stocking feet and taller than any crane.” - Tall as a stork —Angela Carter
- Tall as a thunderstorm —Miles Gibson
- (He was) tall as a tree in the middle of the night —Wallace Stevens
- (Poppies as) tall as buildings —Arthur A. Cohen
- Tall men are like houses of four stories, wherein commonly the uppermost room is worst furnished —James Howell
- Tower over … like the Washington Monument —James Thurber
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  tallness - the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the topheightdimension - the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)loftiness, highness - the quality of being high or loftylowness - the quality of being low; lacking height; "he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling" | | 2. | tallness - the property of being taller than average staturestature, height - (of a standing person) the distance from head to footshortness - the property of being shorter than average stature |
Translationstall (toːl) adjective1. (of people and thin or narrow objects such as buildings or trees) higher than normal. a tall man/tree. 高的 高的2. (of people) having a particular height. John is only four feet tall. 身高 身高ˈtallness noun 高(度) 高（度） a tall order something very difficult to do. Finding somewhere for fifty children to stay tonight is rather a tall order. 難辦的事 难办的差使，无理的要求 a tall story a story which is hard to believe. He is always telling tall stories. 難以相信的故事 难以相信的故事，荒诞的故事
tall is used especially of people, and of other (narrow) upright objects: a tall girl, tree, building .
high is used of objects that are a long way off the ground, or reach a great height: a high shelf, diving-board, mountain, wall . IdiomsSeetallTallness
TallnessSee also Giantism.Alicedrinking a magic potion, she grows so tall that she fills an entire room. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]Chrysler Buildingin New York City; one of the tallest buildings in the world. [Architecture: Misc.]Colossus of Rhodesstatue of Apollo; wonder of ancient world. [Gk. Hist.: Osborne, 256]Eiffel Towerbuilt in 1889 in Paris. [Architecture: NCE, 843]elevator shoeshoe with insole designed to increase wearer’s height. [Am. Pop. Culture: Misc.]Empire State BuildingNew York’s famous skyscraper. [Architecture: NCE, 865]giraffetallest of animals. [Zoology: NCE, 1088]redwoodsgiant trees (sequoias) of Pacific Coast. [Botany: NCE, 2477]Sears Towerin Chicago; one of America’s tallest buildings. [Architecture: Misc.]Woolworth Buildingin New York City; erected by Frank Woolworth in 1913; tallest building until Empire State Building (1930-1931). [Architecture: NCE, 3004]MedicalSeegigantismtallness
Synonyms for tallnessnoun the vertical dimension of extensionSynonymsRelated Words- dimension
- loftiness
- highness
- lowness
noun the property of being taller than average statureRelated WordsAntonyms |