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English

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Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /haɪ/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-high.ogg
  • :


Homophones


Etymology

heah|hēah < *hauhaz < *keu-k-, a suffixed form of *keu-. Cognate with Dutch hoog, German hoch; and with Lithuanian kaukas, Russian куча.

Adjective

  1. Being elevated in position or status, a state of being above many things.
  2. tall|Tall, lofty, at a great distance above the ground (at high altitude).
  3. To be under the influence of a mood affecting drug; stoned.
  4. Of a quantity or value, great or large.
  5. : a high interest rate


Translations

  • Interlingua: alte
  • Italian: , ,
  • Japanese: 高い (たかい, takai)
  • Korean: 높다 (nopda)
  • Kurdish: {{t-|ku|به‌رز|sc=KUchar}}
  • Malay: {{t+|ms|tinggi|xs=Malay}}
  • Old Church Slavonic: {{tø|cu|въіскъ|tr=vysokŭ|sc=Cyrl|xs=Old Church Slavonic}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|alto|m}}, {{t+|pt|alta|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|высокий|m|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish:
  • Aramaic:
  • : Syriac: ܪܡܐ (rāmā, romo)
  • : Hebrew: רמא (rāmā, romo)
  • Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|висок|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Catalan:
  • Croatian:
  • Czech: {{t+|cs|vysoký|m}}
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German:
  • Greek: {{t+|el|ψηλός|m|sc=Grek}} (psilós)
  • Hungarian:
  • Interlingua: alte
  • Italian: ,
  • Japanese: 高い (たかい, takai)
  • Korean: 높다 (nopda)
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|alto|m}}, {{t+|pt|alta|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|высокий|m|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish:
  • Catalan: drogat
  • Croatian: ,
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German: berauscht
  • Greek: {{t|el|μαστουρωμένος|m|sc=Grek}} (mastouroménos)
  • Interlingua: drogate
  • Italian: , , , , , , ,
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|alto|m}}, {{t+|pt|alta|f}}
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish:
  • Croatian:
  • Dutch:
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|высокий|m|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Swedish:

Derived terms

Noun

  1. A period of euphoria due to an intake of drugs
  2. : That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown


Category:100 English basic words Category:English words with positive connotations Category:Recreational drugs

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English High \High\, a. [Compar. Higher; superl. Highest.] [OE.
high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he['a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h,
OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw.
h["o]g, Dan. h["o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound,
G. h["u]gel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]
1. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a
line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or
extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as,
a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
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2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished;
remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or
relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are
understood from the connection; as
(a) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or
intellectual; pre["e]minent; honorable; as, high aims,
or motives. "The highest faculty of the soul."
--Baxter.
(b) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or
in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified;
as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
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He was a wight of high renown. --Shak.
(c) Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
(d) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like;
strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes,
triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high
wind; high passions. "With rather a high manner."
--Thackeray.
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Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
--Ps. lxxxix.
13.
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Can heavenly minds such high resentment show?
--Dryden.
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount;
grand; noble.
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Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
--Shak.
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Plain living and high thinking are no more.
--Wordsworth.
(f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods
at a high price.
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If they must be good at so high a rate, they
know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South.
(g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; --
used in a bad sense.
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An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin.
--Prov. xxi.
4.
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His forces, after all the high discourses,
amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
--Clarendon.
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3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or
superior degree; as, 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) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough)
scholarship, etc.
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High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser.
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High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.
--Baker.
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4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures
do not cook game before it is high.
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5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as,
a high note.
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6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the
tongue in relation to the palate, as [=e] ([=e]ve), [=oo]
(f[=oo]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10,
11.
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High admiral, the chief admiral.

High altar, the principal altar in a church.

High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or
tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached.

High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.]

High art, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects
and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all
meretricious display.

High bailiff, the chief bailiff.

High Church, & Low Church, two ecclesiastical parties in
the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic
succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental
presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and
to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach
much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship.
Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in
many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of
the high-church school. See Broad Church.

High constable (Law), a chief of constabulary. See
Constable, n., 2.

High commission court, a court of ecclesiastical
jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal
power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse
of its powers it was abolished in 1641.

High day (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31.

High festival (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full
ceremonial.

High German, or High Dutch. See under German.

High jinks, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry;
wild sport. [Colloq.] "All the high jinks of the county,
when the lad comes of age." --F. Harrison.

High latitude (Geog.), one designated by the higher
figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator.


High life, life among the aristocracy or the rich.

High liver, one who indulges in a rich diet.

High living, a feeding upon rich, pampering food.

High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass.

High milling, a process of making flour from grain by
several successive grindings and intermediate sorting,
instead of by a single grinding.

High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian.

High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which
sacrifices were offered.

High priest. See in the Vocabulary.

High relief. (Fine Arts) See Alto-rilievo.

High school. See under School.

High seas (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in
the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty,
usually distant three miles or more from the coast line.
--Wharton.

High steam, steam having a high pressure.

High steward, the chief steward.

High tea, tea with meats and extra relishes.

High tide, the greatest flow of the tide; high water.

High time.
(a) Quite time; full time for the occasion.
(b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal.
[Slang]

High treason, treason against the sovereign or the state,
the highest civil offense. See Treason.
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Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as
treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a
distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W.

High water, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the
tide; also, the time of such elevation.

High-water mark.
(a) That line of the seashore to which the waters
ordinarily reach at high water.
(b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a
river or other body of fresh water, as in time of
freshet.

High-water shrub (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva
frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic
coast of the United States.

High wine, distilled spirits containing a high percentage
of alcohol; -- usually in the plural.

To be on a high horse, to be on one's dignity; to bear
one's self loftily. [Colloq.]

With a high hand.
(a) With power; in force; triumphantly. "The children of
Israel went out with a high hand." --Ex. xiv. 8.
(b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. "They governed
the city with a high hand." --Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious;
proud; violent; full; dear. See Tall.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English High \High\, v. i. [See Hie.]
To hie. [Obs.]
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Men must high them apace, and make haste. --Holland.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English High \High\, v. i.
To rise; as, the sun higheth. [Obs.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English High \High\, adv.
In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a
great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently;
powerfully. "And reasoned high." --Milton. "I can not reach
so high." --Shak.
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Note: High is extensively used in the formation of compound
words, most of which are of very obvious signification;
as, high-aimed, high-arched, high-aspiring,
high-bearing, high-boasting, high-browed, high-crested,
high-crowned, high-designing, high-engendered,
high-feeding, high-flaming, high-flavored, high-gazing,
high-heaped, high-heeled, high-priced, high-reared,
high-resolved, high-rigged, high-seated,
high-shouldered, high-soaring, high-towering,
high-voiced, and the like.
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High and low, everywhere; in all supposable places; as, I
hunted high and low. [Colloq.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English High \High\, n.
1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky;
heaven.
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2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
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3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn.
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High, low, jack, and the game, a game at cards; -- also
called all fours, old sledge, and seven up.

In high and low, utterly; completely; in every respect.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.

On high, aloft; above.
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The dayspring from on high hath visited us. --Luke
i. 78.

The Most High, the Supreme Being; God.
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WordNet high
adj 1: greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a
high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of
his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the
river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself"
[ant: low]
2: (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or
specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in
combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high
ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high
incline"; "a foot high" [ant: low]
3: standing above others in quality or position; "people in
high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the
community" [syn: eminent]
4: used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency [syn:
high-pitched] [ant: low]
5: happy and excited and energetic [syn: in high spirits]
6: used of the smell of game beginning to taint [syn: gamey,
gamy]
7: slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug
(especially marijuana) [syn: mellow]
n 1: a lofty level or position or degree; "summer temperatures
reached an all-time high" [ant: low]
2: an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast
benefits from a Bermuda high" [syn: high pressure]
3: a state of sustained elation; "I'm on a permanent high these
days" [ant: low spirits]
4: a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or
narcotics; "they took drugs to get a high on"
5: a high place; "they stood on high and observed the
coutryside"; "he doesn't like heights" [syn: heights]
6: a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through
12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool" [syn: {senior
high school}, senior high, highschool, high school]
7: a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle
velocity for a given engine speed [syn: high gear]
adv 1: at a great altitude; "he climbed high on the ladder" [syn: {high
up}]
2: in or to a high position, amount, or degree; "prices have
gone up far too high"
3: in a rich manner; "he lives high" [syn: richly, luxuriously]
4: far up toward the source; "he lives high up the river"
Moby Dictionary
Dutch courage , Gymnasium , Hydromatic , Latin school , Olympian ,
Realgymnasium , Realschule , a bit much , a high , abandoned , above ,
abovestairs , academy , accented , acme , acute , aerial , afflicted ,
aged , aggrandized , agog , air mass , airward , airy , aloft , aloof ,
altitudinous , alto , alveolar , anticyclone , apex , apical ,
apico-alveolar , apico-dental , apotheosized , aquiver , aristocratic ,
arousal , aroused , articulated , ascending , asking price , aspiring ,
assimilated , atingle , atwitter , august , automatic transmission ,
awesome , back , bad , bad-smelling , barfy , barytone , beaming ,
bearish prices , beatified , befuddlement , bent , besottedness ,
beyond all bounds , bid price , big , bighearted , bilabial , blithe ,
blithesome , blown , boiled , boisterous , bombed , book value , boozy ,
boundless , brackish , bright , bright and sunny , broad ,
bullish prices , bursting , bursting with happiness , cacuminal ,
call price , canned , canonized , capital , carried away , catalepsy ,
central , cerebral , checked , cheerful , cheery , chief , chivalrous ,
close , closing price , cloying , cockeyed , cockeyed drunk , cogwheel ,
cold front , cold sector , colossal , coma , consequential ,
considerable , consonant , consonantal , continuant , costly , crocked ,
crocko , cyclone , dear , dear-bought , decline , dental , differential ,
differential gear , dissimilated , distinguished , dominating , dorsal ,
drugged , drunk , drunkenness , ducal , ear-splitting , ebullient ,
ecstatic , effervescent , egregious , elaborate , elate , elated ,
elevated , eminent , emotion , encephalitis lethargica , enchanted ,
ennobled , enormous , enraptured , enravished , enshrined , enthroned ,
entranced , erect , ethereal , eupeptic , euphoric , exaggerated ,
exalted , excellent , excessive , excessively , excited , excitedness ,
excitement , exhilarated , exhilaration , exorbitant , expensive ,
extraordinary , extravagant , extreme , exuberant , exultant , fabulous ,
face value , falsetto , famous , fancy , favorable , fecal , fetid ,
fired , fixed price , flash price , flat , flurry , flushed , flutter ,
foremost , foul , freaked out , freewheel , fried , front , frowsty ,
frowy , frowzy , fuddle , fuddled , fuddledness , fuddlement , fulsome ,
funky , fusty , gamy , gear , gear train , gearbox , gearing , gearshift ,
gearwheel , generous , genial , genteel , gentle , gentlemanlike ,
gentlemanly , gigantic , glad , gladsome , glide , glorified , glorious ,
glossal , glottal , glowing , gluttonous , godlike , grammar school ,
grand , grave , graveolent , great , great of heart , greathearted ,
guttural , half-seas over , handsome , hangover , happy , hard , haughty ,
heavy , height , heinous , held in awe , heroic , high and mighty ,
high school , high up , high-class , high-flown , high-frequency ,
high-headed , high-minded , high-nosed , high-pitched ,
high-pressure area , high-priced , high-reaching , high-set ,
high-sounding , high-tasted , high-toned , high-up , highfalutin ,
highfaluting , hilarious , hopeful , hopped up , huge , hyperbolic ,
hypertrophied , icky , idealistic , ill-smelling , illuminated ,
immoderate , immoderately , immortal , immortalized , imparadised ,
impassioned , important , in ecstasies , in good spirits , in heaven ,
in high spirits , in paradise , in raptures , in seventh heaven ,
in the air , in the clouds , incontinent , inebriated , inebriation ,
inebriety , inflamed , inordinate , inordinately , insobriety ,
intemperate , intemperately , intermediate , intermediate school ,
intonated , intoxicated , intoxication , irrepressible , isobar ,
isometric , isometric line , isopiestic line , isotherm ,
isothermal line , issue par , issue price , jubilant , junior high ,
junior high school , katzenjammer , keyed up , kinglike , kingly ,
knightly , labial , labiodental , labiovelar , ladylike , large ,
largehearted , lateral , lathered up , lauded , laughing , lavish , lax ,
leading , lethargy , liberal , lifted , light , lingual , liquid , lit ,
lit up , loaded , lofty , low , low-pressure area , lubricated , lushy ,
luxurious , maggoty , magnanimous , magnificent , magnified , majestic ,
malodorous , manic , manic state , market price , market value ,
mawkish , maximum , mephitic , merry , mezzo-soprano , miasmal , miasmic ,
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