MSN: Mark Your Calendars, Hell’s Kitchen — the Tall Ships Are Coming Back for the “Semiquincentennial”
Mark Your Calendars, Hell’s Kitchen — the Tall Ships Are Coming Back for the “Semiquincentennial”
high, tall, lofty mean above the average in height. high implies marked extension upward and is applied chiefly to things which rise from a base or foundation or are placed at a conspicuous height above a lower level.
TALL meaning: 1. of more than average height, or of a particular height: 2. of more than average height, or of a…. Learn more.
- having a relatively great height or stature. 2. having stature or height as specified: a man six feet tall. 3. large in amount or degree: a tall price. 4. exaggerated; improbable: a tall tale. 5. high-flown; grandiloquent: tall talk.
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 generally refers to a considerably greater height or length than the average or typical. In relation to people, it often means having a height above the average for their gender, age, or group.
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TALL definition: having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: tall grass. See examples of tall used in a sentence.
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