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High

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Noun

1. high

a lofty level or position or degree

Example Sentences:
'summer temperatures reached an all-time high'

2. high

an air mass of higher than normal pressure

Example Sentences:
'the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high'

3. high

a state of sustained elation

Example Sentences:
'I'm on a permanent high these days'

4. high

a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics

Example Sentences:
'they took drugs to get a high on'

5. heights, high

a high place

Example Sentences:
'they stood on high and observed the countryside'
'he doesn't like heights'

6. high, high school, highschool, senior high, senior high school

a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

Example Sentences:
'he goes to the neighborhood highschool'

7. high, high gear

a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

Adjective

8. high

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

Example Sentences:
'a high temperature'
'a high price'
'the high point of his career'
'high risks'
'has high hopes'
'the river is high'
'he has a high opinion of himself'

9. high

(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like knee-high')

Example Sentences:
'a high mountain'
'high ceilings'
'high buildings'
'a high forehead'
'a high incline'
'a foot high'

10. eminent, high

standing above others in quality or position

Example Sentences:
'people in high places'
'the high priest'
'eminent members of the community'

11. high, high-pitched

used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

12. high, in high spirits

happy and excited and energetic

13. gamey, gamy, high

(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

14. high, mellow

slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

Adverb

15. high, high up

at a great altitude

Example Sentences:
'he climbed high on the ladder'

16. high

in or to a high position, amount, or degree

Example Sentences:
'prices have gone up far too high'

17. high, luxuriously, richly

in a rich manner

Example Sentences:
'he lives high'

18. high

far up toward the source

Example Sentences:
'he lives high up the river'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

High

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adjective
1. 
being a relatively great distance from top to bottom; tall
a high building
2. 
situated at or extending to a relatively great distance above the ground or above sea level
a high plateau
3. 
a. (postpositive)
being a specified distance from top to bottom
three feet high
b. 
(in combination)
a seven-foot-high wall
4. 
extending from an elevation
a high dive
5. (in combination)
coming up to a specified level
knee-high
6. 
being at its peak or point of culmination
high noon
7. 
of greater than average height
a high collar
8. 
greater than normal in degree, intensity, or amount
high prices
a high temperature
a high wind
9. 
of large or relatively large numerical value
high frequency
high voltage
high mileage
10. 
(of sound) acute in pitch; having a high frequency
11. 
(of latitudes) situated relatively far north or south from the equator
12. 
(of meat) slightly decomposed or tainted, regarded as enhancing the flavour of game
13. 
of great eminence; very important
the high priestess
14. 
exalted in style or character; elevated
high drama
15. 
expressing or feeling contempt or arrogance
high words
16. 
elated; cheerful
high spirits
17. (predicative) informal
overexcited
by the end of term the children are really high
18. informal
being in a state of altered consciousness, characterized esp by euphoria and often induced by the use of alcohol, narcotics, etc
19. 
luxurious or extravagant
high life
20. 
advanced in complexity or development
high finance
21. 
(of a gear) providing a relatively great forward speed for a given engine speed
Compare low1 (sense 21)
22. phonetics
of, relating to, or denoting a vowel whose articulation is produced by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate or the blade towards the hard palate, such as for the ee in English see or oo in English moon
Compare low1 (sense 20)
23. (capital when part of name)
formal and elaborate in style
High Mass
24. (usually capital)
of or relating to the High Church
25. 
remote, esp in time
26. cards
a. 
having a relatively great value in a suit
b. 
able to win a trick
27.  high and dry
28.  high and low
29.  high and mighty
30.  high as a kite
31.  high opinion
adverb
32. 
at or to a height
he jumped high
33. 
in a high manner
34. nautical
close to the wind with sails full
noun
35. 
a high place or level
36. informal
a state of altered consciousness, often induced by alcohol, narcotics, etc
37.  another word for anticyclone
38.  short for high school
39. (capital)
(esp in Oxford) the High Street
40. electronics
the voltage level in a logic circuit corresponding to logical one
Compare low1 (sense 30)
41.  on high

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

High

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adjective
1. 
of more than normal height; lofty; tall
not used of persons
2. 
extending upward a (specified) distance
3. 
situated far above the ground or some other level
4. 
reaching to or done from a height
a high jump, a high dive
5. 
a. 
above other persons or things in rank, position, strength, etc.; most important or powerful
b. 
above other persons or things in quality, character, etc.; superior; exalted; excellent
6. 
grave; very serious
high treason
7. 
greatly advanced or developed; complex
usually in the comparative degree
higher mathematics, the higher vertebrates
8. 
main; principal; chief
a high priest
9. 
greater in size, amount, degree, power, intensity, etc. than usual
high prices, high voltage, a high profile
10. 
advanced to its acme or fullness; fully reached
high noon
11. 
expensive; costly
12. 
luxurious and extravagant
high living
13. 
haughty; overbearing
14. 
designating or producing tones made by relatively fast vibrations; acute in pitch; sharp; shrill
15. 
slightly tainted; having a strong smell
said of meat, esp. game
16. 
extremely formal or rigid in matters of ceremony, doctrine, etc.
17. 
excited; elated
high spirits
18. 
far from the equator
a high latitude
19.  US
designating or of that gear ratio of a motor vehicle transmission which produces the highest speed and the lowest torque
20.  Slang
a. 
drunk; intoxicated
b. 
under the influence of a drug
21.  Phonetics
articulated with the tongue held in a relatively elevated position in the mouth
said of certain vowels, as (ē) in feet
adverb
22. 
in a high manner
23. 
in, at, to, or toward a high degree, level, place, position, etc.
noun
24. 
a high degree, level, place, position, etc.
25.  US
an area of high barometric pressure
26.  US
that gear of a motor vehicle, etc. producing the greatest speed and the lowest torque
27.  Slang
a condition of euphoria induced as by drugs

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

High

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adj. high·er, high·est
1.
a. Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward: a high mountain; a high tower.
b. Extending a specified distance upward: a cabinet ten feet high.
2. Far or farther from a reference point: was too high in the offensive zone to take a shot.
3.
a. Being at or near the peak or culminating stage: the high tourist season; high summer.
b. Advanced in development or complexity: high forms of animal life; higher mathematics.
c. Far removed in time; remote: high antiquity.
4.
a. Slightly spoiled or tainted; gamy. Used of meat.
b. Having a bad smell; malodorous.
5.
a. Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively large number of sound-wave cycles per second: the high tones of a flute.
b. Raised in pitch; not soft or hushed: a high voice.
6. Situated relatively far from the equator: a high latitude.
7.
a. Of great importance: set a high priority on funding the housing program.
b. Eminent in rank or status: a high official.
c. Serious; grave: high crimes and misdemeanors.
d. Constituting a climax; crucial: The chase scene is the high point of the film.
e. Characterized by lofty or stirring events or themes: high adventure; high drama.
8. Lofty or exalted in quality or character: a person of high morals.
9.
a. Greater than usual or expected, as in quantity, magnitude, cost, or degree: "A high price has to be paid for the happy marriage with the four healthy children" (Doris Lessing).
b. Favorable: He has a high opinion of himself.
10. Of great force or violence: high winds.
11.
a. Informal Excited or euphoric: high spirits.
b. Slang Intoxicated by alcohol or a drug, such as cocaine or marijuana.
12. Luxurious; extravagant: high living.
13. Linguistics Of or relating to vowels produced with part of the tongue close to the palate, as in the vowel of tree.
14. Of, relating to, or being the gear configuration or setting, as in an automotive transmission, that produces the greatest vehicular speed with respect to engine speed.
adv. higher, highest
1. At, in, or to a lofty position, level, or degree: saw a plane high in the sky; prices that had gone too high.
2. In an extravagant or luxurious way: made a fortune and lived high.
n.
1. A lofty place or region.
2. A high level or degree: Summer temperatures reached an all-time high.
3. The high gear configuration of a transmission.
4. A center of high atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
5.
a. Informal An excited or euphoric condition: The team was on a high after winning in overtime.
b. Slang An intoxicated or euphoric condition induced by alcohol or a drug.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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