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High

adjective
(compar. higher; superl. highest)
1.
Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.  "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"
2.
(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like 'knee-high').  "High ceilings" , "High buildings" , "A high forehead" , "A high incline" , "A foot high"
3.
Standing above others in quality or position.  Synonym: eminent.  "The high priest" , "Eminent members of the community"
4.
Used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency.  Synonym: high-pitched.
5.
Happy and excited and energetic.  Synonym: in high spirits.
6.
(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted.  Synonyms: gamey, gamy.
7.
Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana).  Synonym: mellow.
adverb
1.
At a great altitude.  Synonym: high up.
2.
In or to a high position, amount, or degree.
3.
In a rich manner.  Synonyms: luxuriously, richly.
4.
Far up toward the source.
noun
1.
A lofty level or position or degree.
2.
An air mass of higher than normal pressure.
3.
A state of sustained elation.
4.
A state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics.
5.
A high place.  Synonym: heights.  "He doesn't like heights"
6.
A public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12.  Synonyms: high school, highschool, senior high, senior high school.
7.
A forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed.  Synonym: high gear.



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"High" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the bones of a limb is involved, the usual practice has been to perform amputation well above the growth, and this may still be recommended as a routine procedure. There are reasons, however, which may be urged against its continuance. High amputation is unnecessary in the more benign sarcomas, and in the more malignant forms is usually unavailing to prevent a fatal issue either from local recurrence or from metastases in the lungs or elsewhere. Following the lead of Mikulicz, a considerable number of permanent ...
— Manual of Surgery - Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. • Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
... come now, I say, I like that. If a man may not speak to his own wife, to whom may he speak? If it comes to that, how dare you throw me over, and commit bigamy, and marry Sir Victor Catheron? It's of no use your riding the high horse with me, Ethel; you had better give me the five hundred—I'm sure I'm ...
— A Terrible Secret • May Agnes Fleming
... prospect of a reconciliation with Valerie, whose fidelity he proposed to secure by the promise of Coquet's head-clerkship. Stidmann responded to the Baron's amiability by shafts of Parisian banter and an artist's high spirits. Steinbock would not allow himself to be eclipsed by his friend; he too was witty, said amusing things, made his mark, and was pleased with himself; Madame Marneffe smiled at him several times to show that she quite ...
— Poor Relations • Honore de Balzac
... pass through the narrow range of high-peaked hills to the Tomahawk's farthest range on Big Creek was a tedious affair to Buddy. A man had been sent on a fast horse to warn the nearest neighbor, who in turn would warn the next,—until no settler would be left in ignorance ...
— Cow-Country • B. M. Bower
... standing near the high road but hidden from it by trees, the Governor's house was indeed a pleasant abode. Within, it was magnificent to behold with its oak floors and carved chimney-pieces. All through the winter immense fires of logs blazed cheerily on the open hearths, while ...
— The Children's Longfellow - Told in Prose • Doris Hayman


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