TALL meaning: 1. of more than average height, or of a particular height: 2. of more than average height, or of a…. Learn more.

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 ...

You use tall to describe things which are higher than usual, but which are also much higher than they are wide. So, for example, you talk about a tall tree or a tall chimney.

You use tall to ask or talk about the height of someone or something. How tall are you? I'm only 5ft tall, and I look younger than my age. I am already as tall as she is.

tall (tôl), adj., -er, -est, adv. — adj. having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass. having stature or height as specified: a man six feet tall. large in amount or degree; considerable: a tall price; Swinging that deal is a tall order. extravagant; difficult to believe: a tall tale. high-flown;

Tall describes that which is slim in proportion to its height, as a mast, a pine or other tree, a steeple, a person, possibly a cliff: tall houses may be found in some parts of the world; a tall cloud would be of small width and great comparative height.