high

Meanings

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   noun A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
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   noun A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.
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   noun A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
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   noun A drug that gives such a high.
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   noun A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
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   noun The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
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   noun The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
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   noun The highest card dealt or drawn.
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   verb To rise.
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    adjective Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
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    adjective Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
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    adjective Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
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    adjective Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
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    adjective Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
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    adjective Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
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    adjective (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
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    adjective (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
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    adjective Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
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    adjective (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
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    adjective Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
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    adjective (with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
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    adjective (of a body of water) With tall waves.
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    adjective Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
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    adjective (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
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    adjective Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
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    adjective Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
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    adjective (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
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    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.
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    adjective (of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
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    adverb In or to an elevated position.
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    adverb In or at a great value.
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    adverb At a pitch of great frequency.