high

noun

A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.

noun

A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.

"It was one of the highs of his career."

noun

A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.

"That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown."

noun

A drug that gives such a high.

noun

A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

"A large high is centred on the Azores."

noun

The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.

"Inflation reached a ten-year high."

noun

The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

"Today's high was 32°C."

noun

The highest card dealt or drawn.

verb

To rise.

"The sun higheth."

adjective

Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.

"The balloon rose high in the sky.   The wall was high.   a high mountain"

adjective

Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

adjective

Having a specified elevation or height; tall.

"three feet high   three Mount Everests high"

adjective

Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.

"The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish."

adjective

Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).

"high crimes, the high festival of the sun"

adjective

Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.

"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) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) scholarship; high tide; high [tourism] season; the High Middle Ages"

adjective

(in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.

"high latitude, high antiquity"

adjective

(in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.

adjective

Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.

"in high spirits"

adjective

(of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.

"high living, the high life"

adjective

Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.

"a high tone"

adjective

(with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.

adjective

(of a body of water) With tall waves.

adjective

Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

"My bank charges me a high interest rate.   I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol.   high voltage   high prices   high winds   a high number"

adjective

(acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).

"The note was too high for her to sing."

adjective

Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.

adjective

Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

adjective

(of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.

"Epicures do not cook game before it is high."

adjective

Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.

adjective

(of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.

adverb

In or to an elevated position.

"How high above land did you fly?"

adverb

In or at a great value.

"Costs have grown higher this year again."

adverb

At a pitch of great frequency.

"I certainly can't sing that high."

noun

Thought; intention; determination; purpose.