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

• Lelant, lental

Catalan

Verb

tallen

1. third-person plural present indicative of tallar

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑlən

Noun

tallen

1. plural of tal

Galician

Verb

tallen

1. inflection of tallar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Spanish

Verb

tallen

1. inflection of tallar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

tallen

1. definite singular of tall

West Frisian

Noun

tallen

1. plural of tal