high
adjective
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Definition of high
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a
: rising or extending upward a great distance : taller than average, usual, or expected
a high wall a high fly ball
b
: having a specified height or elevation : tall
six feet high
—often used in combinations sky-highwaist-high
c
: situated or passing above the normal level, surface, base of measurement, or elevation
the high desert
2a(1)
: advanced toward the acme or culmination
high summer
(2)
: advanced toward the most active or culminating period
on the Riviera during high season
(3)
: constituting the late, most fully developed, or most creative stage or period
high Gothic
(4)
: advanced in complexity, development, or elaboration
the higher primates including humans higher mathematics
b
: verging on lateness
—usually used in the phrase high time It's high time he won an award.
c
: long past : remote
high antiquity
3
: elevated in pitch (see pitch entry 4 sense 4b(1))
a high note
4
: relatively far from the equator
high latitude
5
: rich in quality : luxurious
high living
6
: slightly tainted or spoiled
high game meat
also
: malodorous
smelled rather high
7
: exalted or elevated in character : noble
high purposes
8
: of greater degree, amount, cost, value, or content than average, usual, or expected
high prices high temperatures high blood pressure traveling at a high rate of speed unemployment was high
9
: of relatively great importance: such as
a
: foremost in rank, dignity, or standing
high officials
c
: observed with the utmost solemnity
high religious observances
e
: intellectually or artistically of the first order or best quality
high culture
f
: marked by sublime, heroic, or stirring events or subject matter
high tragedy a tale of high adventure
12a
: filled with or expressing great joy or excitement
high spirits
b
: intoxicated by or as if by a drug or alcohol
high on cocaine
13
: articulated or pronounced with some part of the tongue close to the palate
a high vowel
high on
: enthusiastically in approval or support of
party leaders high on a new candidate
high
adverbDefinition of high (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: at or to a high place, altitude, level, or degree
climbed higher passions ran high
2
: well, luxuriously
—often used in the phrases high off the hog and high on the hog
high
nounDefinition of high (Entry 3 of 3)
1
: an elevated place or region: such as
b
: the space overhead : sky
—usually used with on birds wheeling on high
c
: heaven
—usually used with on wisdom from on high
2
: a region where the pressure of the atmosphere is greater than normal : a region of high barometric pressure
a high moving out to the east
— called also anticyclone
3a
: a point or level of greater amount, number, or degree than average or expected : a high point or level
sales reached a new high mostly sunny with highs in the 80s the highs and lows of her career
b
: the transmission gear of a vehicle (such as an automobile) giving the greatest speed of travel
put it into high
4a
: an excited, euphoric, or stupefied state produced by or as if by a drug
produces a high that lasts several hours coming down from the high of their wedding day
b
: a state of elation or high spirits
the high of victory
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