tallen

tallen

See also: Tallen

English

Etymology

From tall +‎ -en.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To become tall or taller
   • 1958, Kyle Onstott, Mandingo, page 561:

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

   • 2014, John Brunner, The Crucible of Time:

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

Antonyms

• shorten

Anagrams

• lental

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Catalan

Verb

tallen

1. third-person plural present indicative form of tallar

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑlən

Noun

tallen

1. Plural form of tal

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Galician

Verb

tallen

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of tallar

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Spanish

Verb

tallen

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of tallar.
2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of tallar.
3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of tallar.

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Swedish

Noun

tallen

1. definite singular of tall

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West Frisian

Noun

tallen

1. plural of tal