high
IPA: hˈaɪ
noun
- A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven).or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
- The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
- A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
- A drug that gives such a high.
- (meteorology, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
- (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
- A surname.
verb
- (obsolete) To rise.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of hie (“to hasten”) [(intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.]
adjective
- Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
- Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
- Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- (baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.
- Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
- Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
- Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- Most exalted; foremost.
- Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
- Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
- Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
- (of an opinion or practice, obsolete outside set phrases) Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
- Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
- (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
- Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
- (with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
- (of a body of water) With tall waves.
- Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
- Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
- (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
- (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
- (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
- (poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
- (of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
- (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
- (informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
- (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
- (sports such as soccer) Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.
adverb
- In or to an elevated position.
- In or at a great value.
- At a pitch of great frequency.
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Examples of "high" in Sentences
- The tower is high to the top of the cap.
- Garden at junior high is waiting to sprout up.
- Iwanowski trained the stallion up to the high school.
- It forms the torso, head, and arms of the High Octane Megazord.
- The high priest was not to bare his head or rend his vestments.
- The High Bailiff is the head stipendiary magistrate in the Isle of Man.
- The head is of a robust size with a very large cranium and high forehead.
- In Samoa the heads of the two paramount chieftain carry the title Highness.
- Water flooded the church as high as the top of the wainscoting on the walls.
- It is surrounded by the high mountains which encircle the head of the valley.
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