tallen

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verb

To become tall or taller

Opposite
shorten
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Meanings

verbtallen (third-person singular simple present tallens, present participle tallening, simple past and past participle tallened)

present singular third person tallens · participle present tallening · participle past tallened · past tallened

  1. intransitiveTo become tall or taller

    "Must have et^([sic]) good. Tallened up too, seem^([sic]) like."

    1958, Kyle Onstott, Mandingo, page 561
    1 more example

    He broke off, panting hard, because he had involuntarily tallened again.

    2014, John Brunner, The Crucible of Time

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
shorten

Origin

From tall + -en.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

tallen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tallen

MLA

“tallen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tallen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tallen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tallen.

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