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Definition of high
- a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
- a lofty level or position or degree; "summer temperatures reached an all-time high"
- a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"
- a high place; "they stood on high and observed the coutryside"; "he doesn''t like heights"
- a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics; "they took drugs to get a high on"
- a state of sustained elation; "I''m on a permanent high these days"
- an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"
- happy and excited and energetic
- slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
- used of the smell of game beginning to taint
- (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"
- 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"
- used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
- standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community"
- at a great altitude; "he climbed high on the ladder"
- far up toward the source; "he lives high up the river"
- in or to a high position, amount, or degree; "prices have gone up far too high"
- in a rich manner; "he lives high"
See Also: tall, top(a), up, superior
Hyponyms: overdrive
Pertainyms: deluxe, gilded, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous, rich
Attributes: height, tallness, degree, grade, level, pitch
Part Meronyms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar, anticyclone
Anagrams: Higi
| Language Translations: | |||
| Bulgarian: висок and приповдигнат, извисен | Catalan: alt and drogat | ||
| Croatian: napušen and visok | Dutch: high and hoog | ||
| Finnish: korkea and pilvessä | French: haut and planer | ||
| German: berauscht and hoch | Greek: ψηλός and μαστουρωμένος | ||
| Hungarian: magas | Interlingua: alte and drogate | ||
| Italian: alto and fatto | Japanese: 高い | ||
| Korean: 높다 | Kurdish: بهرز | ||
| Portuguese: alto | Russian: высокий | ||
| Spanish: alto and colocado | Swedish: hög | ||
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