high

Definitions of high in various dictionaries:

noun - a lofty level or position or degree

noun - an air mass of higher than normal pressure

noun - a state of sustained elation

noun - a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics

noun - a high place

noun - a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

noun - a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

adj - greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

adj - (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')

adj - standing above others in quality or position

adj - used of sounds and voices

adj - happy and excited and energetic

adj - (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

adj - slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

adv - at a great altitude

adv - in or to a high position, amount, or degree

adv - in a rich manner

adv - far up toward the source

Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward: a high mountain; a high tower.

Extending a specified distance upward: a cabinet ten feet high.

Being at or near the peak or culminating stage: the high tourist season; high summer.

Advanced in development or complexity: high forms of animal life; higher mathematics.

Far removed in time; remote: high antiquity.

Slightly spoiled or tainted; gamy.

Having a bad smell; malodorous.

Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively large number of sound-wave cycles per second: the high tones of a flute.

Raised in pitch; not soft or hushed: a high voice.

Situated relatively far from the equator: a high latitude.

Of great importance: set a high priority on funding the housing program.

Eminent in rank or status: a high official.

Serious; grave: high crimes and misdemeanors.

Constituting a climax; crucial: The chase scene is the high point of the film.

Characterized by lofty or stirring events or themes: high adventure; high drama.

Lofty or exalted in quality or character: a person of high morals.

Greater than usual or expected, as in quantity, magnitude, cost, or degree: “A high price has to be paid for the happy marriage with the four healthy children” (Doris Lessing).

Favorable: He has a high opinion of himself.

Of great force or violence: high winds.

Indicating excitement or euphoria: high spirits.

Slang.

Luxurious; extravagant: high living.

Of or relating to vowels produced with part of the tongue close to the palate, as in the vowel of tree.

Of, relating to, or being the gear configuration or setting, as in an automotive transmission, that produces the greatest vehicular speed with respect to engine speed.

At, in, or to a lofty position, level, or degree: saw a plane high in the sky; prices that had gone too high.

In an extravagant or luxurious way: made a fortune and lived high.

A lofty place or region.

A lofty level or degree: Summer temperatures reached an all-time high.

The high gear configuration of a transmission.

A center of high atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

An intoxicated or euphoric condition induced by or as if by a drug.

In a position of helplessness; stranded: went off and left me high and dry.

Out of water.

High in the sky.

In heaven.

These adj ectives mean extending to a greater than usual height.

adj - reaching far upward

noun - a high level