a. | 1. | High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; |
2. | Brave; bold; courageous. | |
3. | Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive. |
Adj. | 1. | tall - great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" Antonyms: short - low in stature; not tall; "his was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack" |
2. | tall - lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" Synonyms: grandiloquent, magniloquent | |
3. | tall - impressively difficult; "a tall order" | |
4. | tall - too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" |
(language) | TALL - TAC List Language. ["TALL - A List Processor for the Philco 2000", J. Feldman, CACM 5(9):484-485 (Sep 1962)]. |