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high light

Variant of highlight

noun

    1. a part on which light is brightest: the highlights on the cheeks
    2. a part of a painting, photograph, etc. on which light is represented as brightest
    3. the representation or effect of such light in a painting, photograph, etc.
  1. the most important, interesting, or outstanding part, scene, etc.

transitive verb

  1. to give a highlight or highlights to
  2. to give prominence to; emphasize
  3. to mark with a highlighter
  4. to be the most outstanding in

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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