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High

adjective
(compar. higher; superl. highest)
1.
Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.  "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"  Antonym: low.
2.
(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like 'knee-high').  "High ceilings" , "High buildings" , "A high forehead" , "A high incline" , "A foot high"  Antonym: low.
3.
Standing above others in quality or position.  Synonym: eminent.  "The high priest" , "Eminent members of the community"
4.
Used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency.  Synonym: high-pitched.  Antonym: low.
5.
Happy and excited and energetic.  Synonym: in high spirits.
6.
(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted.  Synonyms: gamey, gamy.
7.
Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana).  Synonym: mellow.
adverb
1.
At a great altitude.  Synonym: high up.
2.
In or to a high position, amount, or degree.
3.
In a rich manner.  Synonyms: luxuriously, richly.
4.
Far up toward the source.
noun
1.
A lofty level or position or degree.  Antonym: low.
2.
An air mass of higher than normal pressure.
3.
A state of sustained elation.  Antonym: low spirits.
4.
A state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics.
5.
A high place.  Synonym: heights.  "He doesn't like heights"
6.
A public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12.  Synonyms: high school, highschool, senior high, senior high school.
7.
A forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed.  Synonym: high gear.



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"High" Quotes from Famous Books



... were then directed to the downs. They carefully examined the high lava-cliffs of Shark Gulf from the base to the crest, although it was extremely difficult to reach even the level of the gulf. ...
— The Secret of the Island • W.H.G. Kingston (translation from Jules Verne)
... chaplain,* "yet she never cheered him with the bounty of her hand." It was, alas, that bounty of the hand that Bacon begged for and stooped for all through his life. Yet he cared nothing for money for its own sake, for what he had, he spent carelessly. He loved to keep high state, he loved grandeur, and was always ...
— English Literature For Boys And Girls • H.E. Marshall
... the new British Labour Party is perhaps the most important political document presented to the world since the Declaration of Independence. And like the Declaration, it is written in the pure English that alone gives the high emotional quality of sincerity. The phrases in which it tersely describes its objects are admirable. "What is to be reconstructed after the war is over is not this or that government department, this or that piece of social ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill
... But I tell you quite candidly that it is as impossible for me to lose Percy in a boating accident as it would be for—shall I say?—Sargent to appear as 'Hamlet' or a violinist to wish to exhibit at the Royal Academy. One has one's art, one's medium of expression. It is at the top of the high cliff with an open view of the sea that I express myself best. Also," he added with some heat, "I feel strongly that what was good enough for Percy's father, ten brothers, three half-brothers, not to mention his cousin, should be ...
— The Sunny Side • A. A. Milne
... High water on any of these rivers in the spring is always followed by an increased run of salmon. The canners think, and this is probably true, that salmon which would not have run till later are brought up by the contact with the cold water. The cause of ...
— Scientific American Supplement No. 275 • Various


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