adj 1: great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people";
"tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" [ant: short]
2: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never
really realizes what he is saying" [syn: grandiloquent, magniloquent]
3: (informal) impressively difficult; "a tall order" [syn: tall(a)]
4: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn: improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a)]