high

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level

   Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:

   • The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain
   • Upon the highest spray of every mounting pole, Those Quirristers are pearcht with many a speckled breast.
2. 2

   Having a specified elevation or height

   Having a specified elevation or height; tall.

   • three feet high three Mount Everests high
3. 3

   Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development

   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.
   • The Barnacles were a very high family, and a very large family. They were dispersed all over the public offices, and held all sorts of public places.
   • Not a one of them was old enough to know what the high past of Liani separatism had really been like.
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   1. 4

      Extreme, excessive

      Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.

      • high church High Tory
      • The letter of a "Pioneer" was sent to the Chronicle office by a very respectable man, of a high conservative family, but whose interests have been injuriously affected by the constant fluctuations in the commercial policy of England.
   2. 5

      Elevated in mood

      Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.

      • in high spirits
      • 1970, Grateful Dead, High Time, on the album Workingman's Dead I was having a high time, living the good life.
   3. 6

      Keen, enthused.

      • "Conversely, just because I am not high on positivity, it does not mean I am necessarily high on negativity."
      • I'm not that high about the relationship.
   4. 7

      Intoxicated

      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.

      • "Three extremely high people showing up at the animal shelter like WE FOUND A DOG would be really funny, but..."
      • Ooh! Remember when you got high at McDonald's and told Gangle to kill herself?
   5. 8

      Luxurious

      Luxurious; rich.

      • high living, the high life
      • I was living the high lifestyle in famous sex clubs, relaxing on luxurious sofas, in the saunas and whirlpools, enjoying moments of excitement with my male and female companions while sipping champagne from crystal glasses.
   6. 9

      Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.

      • a high tone
      • An high looke, and a proud heart, […] is sinne.
      • His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
   7. 10

      With tall waves.

      • The sea is as high as ever. I shouldn't think any boat could put out today.
   8. 11

      Remote (to the north or south) from the equator

      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
      • But other euphausiids, Euphausia crystallorophias, are found in the pack ice region of the high Antarctic as food of Blue and Minke Whales (Marr, 1956). E. vallentini is very important in the lower Antarctic region, around […]
      • We predict that L. arctica will coincide with the whole reindeer-caribou distribution, probably excepted Svalbard, South Georgia and other high-polar areas.
   9. 12

      Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

      • My bank charges me a high interest rate.
      • I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol.
      • high voltage high prices high winds a high number
   10. 13

       Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid…

       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.
   11. 14

       Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the…

       Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.

   12. 15

       Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

       • I have KT742 of the same suit. In other words, a K-high flush.
       • 9-high straight = 98765 unsuited
       • Royal Flush = AKQJT suited = A-high straight flush
   13. 16

       Strong-scented

       Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.

       • Epicures do not cook game before it is high.
       • The tailor liked his meat high.
       • What he did know was this: something about the situation smelled wrong. Something about it smelled as high as dead fish that have spent three days in the hot sun.
   14. 17

       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.
   15. 18

       Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.

       • Our defensive line is too high.
   16. 19

       In or to an elevated position.

       • How high above land did you fly?
       • The desks were piled high with magazines.
   17. 20

       In or at a great value.

       • Costs have grown higher this year again.
   18. 21

       At a pitch of great frequency.

       • I certainly can't sing that high.
   19. 22

       A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place

       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).

       • It was one of the highs of his career.
       • Inflation reached a ten-year high.
       • South Korea has reached a new high in a kind of air pollution measured in fine dust.
   20. 23

       A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.

       • Falling from cloud nine / Crashing from the high / I'm letting go tonight / Yeah, I'm falling from cloud nine
       • They will have to reflect on a seventh successive defeat in a European final while Chelsea try to make sense of an eccentric season rife with controversy and bad feeling but once again one finishing on an exhilarating high.
       • That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.
   21. 24

       A drug that gives such a high.

   22. 25

       A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure

       A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

       • A large high is centred on the Azores.
   23. 26

       The highest card dealt or drawn.

   24. 27

       Ellipsis of high school.

       • 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.
       • The high school experience is one unmatched and irreplaceable. Its effects on our lives continue long after walking through our high’s doorways one last time.
       • The reassignment follows a dispute between her and an association of parents of Nova High’s band members over how the band program was being run.
   25. 28

       To rise.

       • The sun higheth.
   26. 29

       Alternative form of hie (“to hasten”).

   27. 30

       A surname.

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