tall : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tall	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tall adj great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" Antonym(s): little, short lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" Synonym(s): grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall impressively difficult; "a tall order" too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" Synonym(s): improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a) n a garment size for a tall person
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tall \Tall\, a. [Compar. {Taller}; superl. {Tallest}.] [OE. tal seemly, elegant, docile (?); of uncertain origin; cf. AS. un-tala, un-tale, bad, Goth. untals indocile, disobedient, uninstructed, or W. & Corn. tal high, Ir. talla meet, fit, proper, just.] 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; as, a tall person, tree, or mast. Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. --Milton. 2. Brave; bold; courageous. [Obs.] As tall a trencherman As e'er demolished a pye fortification. --Massinger. His companions, being almost in despair of victory, were suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley, which came to succors with three thousand tall men. --Grafton. 3. Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive. [Obs. or Slang] --B. Jonson. Syn: High; lofty. Usage: {Tall}, {High}, {Lofty}. High is the generic term, and is applied to anything which is elevated or raised above another thing. Tall specifically describes that which has a small diameter in proportion to its height; hence, we speak of a tall man, a tall steeple, a tall mast, etc., but not of a tall hill. Lofty has a special reference to the expanse above us, and denotes an imposing height; as, a lofty mountain; a lofty room. Tall is now properly applied only to physical objects; high and lofty have a moral acceptation; as, high thought, purpose, etc.; lofty aspirations; a lofty genius. Lofty is the stronger word, and is usually coupled with the grand or admirable.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
TALL TAC List Language. ["TALL - A List Processor for the Philco 2000", J. Feldman, CACM 5(9):484-485 (Sep 1962)]. (1995-03-01)