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High

//haɪ// adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:; Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
"The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain"
2
Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:; Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
"She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive."
3
Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:; Above the batter's shoulders.
"the pitch (or: the ball) was high"
4
Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:; 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.
5
Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
"three feet high three Mount Everests high"

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6
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
"The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish."
7
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.; Most exalted; foremost.
"the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar"
8
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.; Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
"high crimes, the high festival of the sun"
9
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.; Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
"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; high tide; high [tourism] season; the High Middle Ages"
10
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.; Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
"to hear and answer such high things"
11
Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
"high church High Tory"
12
Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
"in high spirits"
13
Luxurious; rich.
"high living, the high life"
14
Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
"a high tone"
15
Keen, enthused.
""Conversely, just because I am not high on positivity, it does not mean I am necessarily high on negativity.""
16
With tall waves.
"The sea is as high as ever. I shouldn't think any boat could put out today."
17
Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
"high latitude, fish species in high arctic and antarctic areas"
18
Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
"My bank charges me a high interest rate."
19
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).
"Carrots are high in vitamin A. made from a high-copper alloy"
20
Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
"The note was too high for her to sing."
21
Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
22
Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.; Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
"I have KT742 of the same suit. In other words, a K-high flush."
23
Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.; Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
"North's hand was high. East was in trouble."
24
Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
"Epicures do not cook game before it is high."
25
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. informal
""Three extremely high people showing up at the animal shelter like WE FOUND A DOG would be really funny, but...""
26
Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
"NO NEARER! (arrive! Fr.) the command given by the pilot of quarter-master, to the helmsman, to steer the ship no higher to the direction of the wind than the sails will operate to advance the ship in her course."
27
Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.
"Our defensive line is too high."

Adjective

1
happy and excited and energetic wordnet
2
slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) wordnet
3
(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted wordnet
4
(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like ‘knee-high’) wordnet
5
greater than normal in quantity or amount wordnet

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6
used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency wordnet
7
standing above others in quality or position wordnet

Adverb

1
In or to an elevated position.
"How high above land did you fly?"
2
In or at a great value.
"Costs have grown higher this year again."
3
At a pitch of great frequency.
"I certainly can't sing that high."

Adverb

1
at a great altitude wordnet
2
far up toward the source wordnet
3
in or to a high position, amount, or degree wordnet
4
in a rich manner wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
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). countable
"It was one of the highs of his career."
2
a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed wordnet
3
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. countable, uncountable
"Today's high was 32 °C."
4
a lofty level or position or degree wordnet
5
A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs. countable
"Falling from cloud nine / Crashing from the high / I'm letting go tonight / Yeah, I'm falling from cloud nine"

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6
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12 wordnet
7
A drug that gives such a high. countable
"No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again."
8
a high place wordnet
9
A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone. countable, informal
"A large high is centred on the Azores."
10
a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics wordnet
11
The highest card dealt or drawn. countable
12
a state of sustained elation wordnet
13
Ellipsis of high school. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
"He’s the old man’s only son. Some baby! Yep, right behind ya. Nope, he donno me. I was in Grammar when he was in High."
14
an air mass of higher than normal pressure wordnet

Verb

1
To rise. obsolete
"The sun higheth."
2
Alternative form of hie (“to hasten”). alt-of, alternative, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

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-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend; crooked”). Cognates Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), Yola heegh, heigh, heighe, hia, hie (“high”), North Frisian hoog, huuch (“high”), Saterland Frisian hooch, hoog (“high”), West Frisian heech (“high”), Alemannic German hooch (“high”), Central Franconian huh (“high”), Cimbrian hoach, hòach (“high”), Dutch hoog, hooge (“high”), German hoch (“high”), German Low German hooch (“high”), Limburgish hoeg (“high”), Luxembourgish héich (“high”), Mòcheno heach (“high”), Vilamovian huch (“high”), Yiddish הויך (hoykh, “high”), Danish høj (“high”), Faroese háur, høgur (“high”), Gutnish haugar (“high”), Icelandic hár (“high”), Norwegian Bokmål høg, høy (“high”), Norwegian Nynorsk høg, håg, hå (“high”), Swedish hög (“high”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (hauhs, “high”), Vandalic *oas (“high”), Old French haut (“high”) (from Old High German hoh (“high”)); also with Ancient Greek Καύκᾰσος (Kaúkăsos, “Caucasus”), Latvian koks (“tree”), Lithuanian kúoka (“stick with thick end, pounder, pestle”), Bulgarian ку́ка (kúka, “hook”), Albanian çukë (“peak, summit, top”).

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Etymology 4

From Middle English hegen, heghen, heien, a conflation of Old English ġehēgan (“to perform, conduct”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hauwjan) and hēan (“to raise up, exalt”) (from *hauhijan), also influenced by heigh (“high”).

Etymology 5

See hie.

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