High definition
A center of high atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
noun
Of great force or violence.
High winds.
adjective
An area of high barometric pressure.
noun
Being at or near the peak or culminating stage.
The high tourist season; high summer.
adjective
Greater than usual or expected, as in quantity, magnitude, cost, or degree.
adjective
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(linguistics) Of or relating to vowels produced with part of the tongue close to the palate, as in the vowel of tree.
adjective
Extending a specified distance upward.
A cabinet ten feet high.
adjective
Far removed in time; remote.
High antiquity.
adjective
Slightly spoiled or tainted; gamy. Used of meat.
adjective
Having a bad smell; malodorous.
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Drunk; inebriated.
adjective
Under the influence of a drug.
adjective
A high level or degree.
Summer temperatures reached an all-time high.
noun
Lofty or exalted in quality or character.
A person of high morals.
adjective
Luxurious; extravagant.
High living.
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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.
adjective
Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward.
A high mountain; a high tower.
adjective
Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively large number of sound-wave cycles per second.
The high tones of a flute.
adjective
Raised in pitch; not soft or hushed.
A high voice.
adjective
Of great importance.
Set a high priority on funding the housing program.
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Eminent in rank or status.
A high official.
adjective
Serious; grave.
High crimes and misdemeanors.
adjective
Constituting a climax; crucial.
The chase scene is the high point of the film.
adjective
Characterized by lofty or stirring events or themes.
High adventure; high drama.
adjective
Favorable.
He has a high opinion of himself.
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(informal) Excited or euphoric.
High spirits.
adjective
(slang) Intoxicated by alcohol or a drug, such as cocaine or marijuana.
adjective
(informal) An excited or euphoric condition.
The team was on a high after winning in overtime.
noun
(slang) An intoxicated or euphoric condition induced by alcohol or a drug.
noun
(phonet.) Articulated with the tongue held in a relatively elevated position in the mouth.
adjective
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Above other persons or things in rank, position, strength, etc.; most important or powerful.
adjective
Above other persons or things in quality, character, etc.; superior; exalted; excellent.
adjective
(informal) A condition of euphoria induced as by drugs.
noun
A high degree, level, place, position, etc.
noun
Far or farther from a reference point.
Was too high in the offensive zone to take a shot.
adjective
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Advanced in development or complexity.
High forms of animal life; higher mathematics.
adjective
High is defined as something that is further up than normal, goes upward, is far above the ground, or is slang for being under the influence of drugs.
An example of high is the altitude of an airplane in the sky.
An example of high is the location of a toddler who has climbed a six foot ladder.
An example of high is a person who is under the influence of a strong pain medication he took an hour ago.
adjective
At, in, or to a lofty position, level, or degree.
Saw a plane high in the sky; prices that had gone too high.
adverb
In an extravagant or luxurious way.
Made a fortune and lived high.
adverb
A lofty place or region.
noun
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Of more than normal height; lofty; tall.
adjective
Designating or producing tones made by relatively fast vibrations; acute in pitch.
adjective
The note was too high for her to sing.
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(of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
Epicures do not cook game before it is high.
The tailor liked his meat high.
adjective
Of great strength, force, importance, etc.; mighty; powerful; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.
A high wind; high passions.
adjective
Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud.
adjective
Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount.
adjective
(phonetics) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
adjective
A drug that gives such a high.
noun
The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
noun
An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
noun
Situated relatively far from the equator.
A high latitude.
adjective
The high gear configuration of a transmission.
noun
Extending upward a (specified) distance.
adjective
Situated far above the ground or some other level.
adjective
Reaching to or done from a height.
A high jump, a high dive.
adjective
Grave; very serious.
High treason.
adjective
Greatly advanced or developed; complex.
Higher mathematics, the higher vertebrates.
adjective
Main; principal; chief.
A high priest.
adjective
Greater in size, amount, degree, power, intensity, etc. than usual.
High prices, high voltage, a high profile.
adjective
Advanced to its acme or fullness; fully reached.
High summer.
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Expensive; costly.
adjective
Luxurious and extravagant.
High living.
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Haughty; overbearing.
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Slightly tainted; having a strong smell.
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Extremely formal or rigid in matters of ceremony, doctrine, etc.
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Excited; elated.
High spirits.
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Far from the equator.
A high latitude.
adjective
Designating or of that gear ratio of a motor vehicle transmission which produces the highest speed and the lowest torque.
adjective
In a high manner.
adverb
In, at, to, or toward a high degree, level, place, position, etc.
adverb
That gear of a motor vehicle, etc. producing the greatest speed and the lowest torque.
noun
Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree.
High (i.e. intense) heat; high (i.e. full or quite) noon; high (i.e. rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i.e. complete) pleasure; high (i.e. deep or vivid) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) scholarship.
adjective
high and dry
- In a position of helplessness; stranded:Went off and left me high and dry.
- Out of water. Used of a ship, for example.
idiom
high and low
- Here and there; everywhere:Searched high and low for the keys.
idiom
on high
- High in the sky.
- In heaven.
- In a position of authority.
idiom
high and dry
- out of the reach of the water
- alone and helpless; stranded
idiom
high and low
- everywhere
idiom
high and mighty
- arrogant; haughty
idiom
high on
- enthusiastic about; very interested in or impressed by
idiom
on high
- up in space; high above
- (in) heaven
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
high
Plural:
highsAdjective
Base Form:
high
Comparative:
higher
Superlative:
highestIdioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of high
- Middle English from Old English hēah
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”), a suffixed form of *kew-. Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), Eastern Frisian hag (“high”), West Frisian heech (“high”), Dutch hoog (“high”), Low German hog (“high”), German hoch (“high”), Swedish hög (“high”), Icelandic hár (“high”), Lithuanian kaukas (“bump, boil, sore”), Russian куча (kúcha, “pile, heap, stack, lump”).
From Wiktionary
- From Middle English hiȝe, huȝe, huiȝe, huie, hige, from Old English hyġe (“thought, mind, heart, disposition, intention, courage, pride”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, sense”), of unknown origin. Cognate with North Frisian huwggje (“mind, sense”), Middle Low German höge, hoge (“thought, meaning, mood, happiness”), Middle High German hüge, huge, hoge (“mind, spirit, memory”), Danish hu (“mind”), Swedish håg (“mind, inclination”), Icelandic hugur (“mind”). Related to Hugh.
From Wiktionary
- See hie.
From Wiktionary