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Princeton's WordNet

  1. highnoun

    a lofty level or position or degree

    "summer temperatures reached an all-time high"

  2. highnoun

    an air mass of higher than normal pressure

    "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"

  3. highnoun

    a state of sustained elation

    "I'm on a permanent high these days"

  4. highnoun

    a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics

    "they took drugs to get a high on"

  5. high, heightsnoun

    a high place

    "they stood on high and observed the countryside"; "he doesn't like heights"

  6. senior high school, senior high, high, highschool, high schoolnoun

    a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

    "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"

  7. high gear, highadjective

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

  8. highadjective

    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"

  9. highadjective

    (literal meaning) 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"

  10. eminent, highadjective

    standing above others in quality or position

    "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community"

  11. high, high-pitchedadjective

    used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

  12. high, in high spiritsadjective

    happy and excited and energetic

  13. gamey, gamy, highadjective

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

  14. high, mellowadverb

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

  15. high, high upadverb

    at a great altitude

    "he climbed high on the ladder"

  16. highadverb

    in or to a high position, amount, or degree

    "prices have gone up far too high"

  17. high, richly, luxuriouslyadverb

    in a rich manner

    "he lives high"

  18. highadverb

    far up toward the source

    "he lives high up the river"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. High

    is much used in composition with variety of meaning.

  2. HIGHadjective

    Etymology: heah, Saxon; hoogh, Dutch.

    They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
    And, if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces. William Shakespeare, R. III.

    Their andes, or mountains, were far higher than those with us; whereby the remnants of the generation of men were, in such a particular deluge, saved. Francis Bacon, Essay 59.

    The higher parts of the earth being continually spending, and the lower continually gaining, they must of necessity at length come to an equality. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

    High o’er their heads a mould’ring rock is plac’d,
    That promises a fall, and shakes at ev’ry blast. John Dryden, Æn.

    Reason elevates our thoughts as high as the stars, and leads us through the vast spaces of this mighty fabrick; yet it comes far short of the real extent of even corporeal being. John Locke.

    O mortals! blind in fate, who never know
    To bear high fortune, or endure the low. John Dryden, Æn.

    Solomon liv’d at ease, nor aimed beyond
    Higher design than to enjoy his state. John Milton.

    They meet to hear, and answer such high things. William Shakespeare.

    His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

    The governor made himself merry with his high and threatning language, and sent him word he would neither give nor receive quarter. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

    When there appeareth on either side an high hand, violent prosecution, cunning advantages taken, and combination, then is the virtue of a judge seen. Francis Bacon.

    Trust me, I am exceeding weary. ———— Is it come to that? I had thought, weariness durst not have attacked so high blood. —— It doth me, though it discolours the complection of my greatness to acknowledge it. William Shakespeare.

    He wooes both high and low, both rich and poor. William Shakespeare.

    More ships in calms on a deceitful coast,
    Or unseen rocks, than in high storms are lost. John Denham.

    Spiders cannot easily weave their nets in a high wind. Brian Duppa, Rules for Devotion.

    At length the winds are rais’d, the storm blows high;
    Be it your care, my friends, to keep it up
    In its full fury. Joseph Addison, Cato.

    Not only tears
    Rain’d at their eyes, but high winds worse within,
    Began to rise; high passions, anger,
    Mistrust, suspicion, discord, hate, shook sore
    Their inward state of mind. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.

    Can heav’nly minds such high resentment show,
    Or exercise their spight in human woe? John Dryden, Æn.

    High time now ’gan it wax for Una fair,
    To think of those her captive parents dear. Fairy Queen.

    Sweet warriour, when shall I have peace with you?
    High time it is this war now ended were. Edmund Spenser.

    It was high time to do so; for it was now certain, that forces were already upon their march towards the West. Edward Hyde.

    It was high time for the lords to look about them. Edward Hyde.

    Solomon liv’d at ease, and full
    Of honour, wealth, high fare, aim’d not beyond
    Higher design than to enjoy his state. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

    High sauces and rich spices are fetched from the Indies. Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning.

    They are forced to take their course either high to the North, or low to the South. George Abbot, Description of the World.

    It is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered. Gen. xxix. 7.

    The nominal observation of the several days of the week, is very high, and as old as the ancient Egyptians, who named the same according to the seven planets. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Err.

    If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. Robert South, Sermons.

  3. Highnoun

    High place; elevation; superiour region.

    Which when the king of gods beheld from high,
    He sigh’d. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. High

    High is a song by Feeder, released as the band's fourth and final single from the album Polythene. This track was not included on the album until its re-issue in October of the same year, and is seen as a fan anthem.

ChatGPT

  1. high

    High (adjective/noun): Having an elevated position or point above the ground or other surface. It can also refer to something being far above or beyond average or normal in degree, intensity, or quality. In the context of substances, it typically refers to the state of being under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Highverb

    to hie

  2. High

    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

  3. High

    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

  4. High

    elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives

  5. High

    exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles

  6. High

    of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family

  7. High

    of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions

  8. High

    very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble

  9. High

    costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price

  10. High

    arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense

  11. High

    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

  12. High

    strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high

  13. High

    acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note

  14. High

    made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11

  15. Highadverb

    in a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully

  16. Highnoun

    an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven

  17. Highnoun

    people of rank or high station; as, high and low

  18. Highnoun

    the highest card dealt or drawn

  19. Highverb

    to rise; as, the sun higheth

  20. Etymology: [See Hie.]

Wikidata

  1. High

    "High" is the second pop single written by British duo Lighthouse Family for their second album Postcards from Heaven. The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released in January 1998 and reached No. 1 in Australia as well as being in the top 10 in Switzerland, Austria, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Europe. "High" is the most successful single released by the Lighthouse Family so far, having reached the top 10 in many countries.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. High

    hī, adj. elevated: lofty: tall: elevated relatively to something, as upward from a base, in position from the mouth of a river, &c.: eminent in anything: exalted in rank: dignified: chief: noble: ostentatious: arrogant: proud: strong, intensified: extreme in opinion: powerful: angry: loud: violent: tempestuous: shrill: excellent: far advanced: difficult: dear: remote in time: slightly tainted (of game, &c.).—adv. aloft: eminently: powerfully: profoundly: of flesh, on the point of beginning to decay.—ns. High′-ad′miral, a high or chief admiral of a fleet; High′-al′tar, the principal altar in a church; High′-bail′iff, an officer who serves writs, &c., in certain franchises, exempt from the ordinary supervision of the sheriff; High′-bind′er (U.S.), a rowdy, ruffian, blackmailer.—adjs. High′-blest (Milt.), supremely blest or happy; High′-blood′ed, of noble lineage; High′-blown, swelled with wind: (Shak.) inflated, as with pride; High′-born, of high or noble birth; High′-bred, of high or noble breed, training, or family.—ns. High′-church, applied to a party within the Church of England, which exalts the authority of the Episcopate and the priesthood, the saving grace of sacraments, &c. (also adj.); High′-church′ism; High′-church′man.—adj. High′-col′oured, having a strong or glaring colour.—ns. High′-court, a supreme court; High′-cross, a market cross; High′-day, a holiday or festival: (B.) broad daylight.—adj. befitting a festival.—v.t. High′er, to raise higher: to lift.—v.i. to ascend.—n. High′-falū′tin, bombastic discourse.—adj. bombastic: pompous.—adj. High′-fed, fed highly or luxuriously: pampered.—ns. High′-feed′ing; High′-flier, a bird that flies high: one who runs into extravagance of opinion or action.—adjs. High′-flown, extravagant: elevated: turgid; High′-fly′ing, extravagant in conduct or opinion; High′-grown (Shak.), covered with a high growth; High′-hand′ed, overbearing: violent: arbitrary.—n. High′-hand′edness.—adjs. High′-heart′ed, with the heart full of courage; High′-heeled, wearing high heels—of shoes.—n. High′-jinks, boisterous play or jollity: an old Scotch pastime in which persons played various parts under penalty of a forfeit.—adj. High′-kilt′ed, wearing the kilt or petticoat high: indecorous.—n. and adj. High′land, a mountainous district, esp. in pl. that portion of Scotland lying north and west of a line drawn diagonally from Nairn to Dumbarton.—ns. High′lander, High′landman, an inhabitant of a mountainous region; High′-low, a high shoe fastened with a leather thong in front.—adv. High′ly.—n. High′-mass (see Mass).—adjs. High′-mett′led, high-spirited, courageous; High′-mind′ed, having a high, proud, or arrogant mind: having honourable pride: magnanimous.—n. High′-mind′edness.—adjs. High′most, highest; High′-necked, of a dress, cut so as to cover the shoulders and neck.—n. High′ness, the state of being high: dignity of rank: a title of honour given to princes.—adj. High′-pitched, high-strung: haughty.—n. High′-place (B.), an eminence on which idolatrous rites were performed by the Jews—hence the idols, &c., themselves.—adjs. High′-press′ure, applied to a steam-engine in which the steam is raised to a high temperature, so that the pressure may exceed that of the atmosphere; High′-priced, costly.—ns. High′-priest (see Priest); High′-priest′ess; High′-priest′hood.—adjs. High′-prin′cipled, of high, noble, or strict principle; High′-proof, proved to contain much alcohol: highly rectified; High′-raised, raised aloft: elevated; High′-reach′ing, reaching upwards: ambitious.—n. High′-road, one of the public or chief roads: a road for general traffic.—adjs. High′-sea′soned, made rich or piquant with spices or other seasoning; High′-sight′ed (Shak.), always looking upwards; High′-souled, having a high or lofty soul or spirit; High′-sound′ing, pompous: ostentatious; High′-spir′ited, having a high spirit or natural fire: bold: daring: irascible.—n. High′-step′per, a horse that lifts its feet high from the ground.—adjs. High′-step′ping, having a proud or conceited carriage or walk; High′-stom′ached (Shak.), proud-spirited, lofty, obstinate; High′-strung, high-spirited: sensitive.—n. Hight (Milt.), obsolete form of height.—adj. High′-tast′ed, having a strong, piquant taste or relish.—n. High′-tide (rare), a great festival.—adj. High′-toned, high in pitch: dignified.—ns. High′-top (Shak.), a mast-head; High′-trea′son, treason against the sovereign or state.—adj. High′-viced (Shak.), enormously wicked.—ns. High′-wa′ter, the time at which the tide is highest: the greatest elevation of the tide; High′-wa′ter-mark, the highest line so reached; High′way, a public road on which all have right to go: the main or usual way or course; High′wayman, a robber who attacks people on the public way.—adj. High′-wrought, wrought with exquisite skill: highly finished: agitated.—High and dry, of a ship, up out of the water: disabled; High and low, rich and poor, people of every condition; High and mighty, exalted: arrogant; High celebration (see Celebration); High life, the life of fashionable society: the people of this society; High living, over-indulgence in the pleasures of the table; High seas, the open sea, including the whole extent of sea so far as it is not the exclusive property of any particular country; High table, the table in the dining-hall of a college where the dons sit; High tea, a tea with hot meat, &c., as opposed to a plain tea.—A high hand, or arm, might: power: audacity; A high time, A high old time (coll.), a time of special jollity or enthusiasm; Be high time, to be fully time something was done that should have been done well before; Be on one's high horse, to assume an attitude of fancied superiority: to be arrogant.—Highland costume, the fillibeg or kilt, shoulder-plaid, sporran, &c.; Highland regiments, a number of regiments in the British army, wearing the Highland dress and feather-bonnet, or tartan trews and shakos.—In high feather, in high spirits: happy; On high, in or to a height; On the high ropes (coll.), in an elated or highly excited mood; With a high hand, arrogantly. [A.S. héah; Goth. hauhs, Ice. hár, Ger. hoch.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. high

    In gunnery, signifies tightly fitting the bore; said of shot, wads, &c. Also, a gun is said to be laid high when too much elevated.

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  1. HIGH

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HIGH

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, High is ranked #2585 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The High surname appeared 13,961 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname High.

    70.3% or 9,817 total occurrences were White.
    23.8% or 3,328 total occurrences were Black.
    2.3% or 328 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.1% or 304 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 99 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.6% or 84 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'high' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #220

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'high' in Written Corpus Frequency: #484

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'high' in Adverbs Frequency: #415

  4. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'high' in Adjectives Frequency: #6

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of high in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of high in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of high in a Sentence

  1. Oren Miron:

    In high school, a friend of mine was bullied, and he unfortunately took his life, he had such a brilliant future ahead of him, if he just made it two more years through high school.

  2. Jeremy Gans:

    I think hes likely to win on the unsafe verdict ground, im sure whoever loses in the Court of Appeal is going to try to appeal in the High Court. Once it gets to the High Court, things get really unpredictable. Theyre the least predictable court in Australia.

  3. Olivia Jade:

    When it first happened I didn't look at it and say,' Oh my God like how dare we do this ?' I was like,' Why is everybody complaining ? I was confused what we did.' That's embarrassing to admit, i wasn't slacking in high school. I don't want to discredit myself to the point where I was like I have all this and I also didn't care. I really did care. I was also a very involved student.

  4. Nicholas Brown:

    This property has an interesting, slightly checkered history, it belonged to the Hell-Fire Club( a secret organization where members of high society were rumored to commit a range of debauched acts) at one point.

  5. Surapong Techaruwichit:

    Visitor volume is high but with that the probability of crime also increases, we need to reassure tourists that Thailand is safe.

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