Definitions for High

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High high

Spelling: [hahy]

IPA: /haɪ/

High is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 12 anagrams from letters in High (ghhi).

Definitions for High

noun

1. Automotive. high gear:
2. Informal. high school.
3. Meteorology. a pressure system characterized by relatively high pressure at its center. Compare anticyclone, low1 (def 46).
4. a high or the highest point, place, or level; peak:
5. Slang. a euphoric state induced by alcohol, drugs, etc. a period of sustained excitement, exhilaration, or the like:
6. Cards. the ace or highest trump out, especially in games of the all fours family.

Idioms

1. fly high, to be full of hope or elation:
2. high and dry, (of a ship) grounded so as to be entirely above water at low tide. in a deprived or distressing situation; deserted; stranded:
3. high and low, in every possible place; everywhere:
4. high on, Informal. enthusiastic or optimistic about; having a favorable attitude toward or opinion of.
5. on high, at or to a height; above. in heaven. having a high position, as one who makes important decisions:

adverb

1. at or to a high point, place, or level.
2. in or to a high rank or estimate:
3. at or to a high amount or price.
4. in or to a high degree.
5. luxuriously; richly; extravagantly:
6. Nautical. as close to the wind as is possible while making headway with sails full.

adjective

1. having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall:
2. having a specified extent upward:
3. situated above the ground or some base; elevated:
4. exceeding the common degree or measure; strong; intense:
5. expensive; costly; dear:
6. exalted in rank, station, eminence, etc.; of exalted character or quality:
7. Music. acute in pitch. a little sharp, or above the desired pitch.
8. produced by relatively rapid vibrations; shrill:
9. extending to or from an elevation:
10. great in quantity, as number, degree, or force:
11. Religion. chief; principal; main: High Church.
12. of great consequence; important; grave; serious; the high consequences of such a deed; high treason.
13. haughty; arrogant:
14. advanced to the utmost extent or to the culmination:
15. elevated; merry or hilarious:
16. rich; extravagant; luxurious:
17. Informal. intoxicated with alcohol or narcotics:
18. remote:
19. extreme in opinion or doctrine, especially religious or political:
20. designating or pertaining to highland or inland regions.
21. having considerable energy or potential power.
22. Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the speed of the engine crankshaft and of the drive shaft most closely correspond:
23. Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with the upper surface of the tongue relatively close to some portion of the palate, as the vowels of eat and it, which are high front, and those of boot and put, which are high back. Compare close (def 53), low1 (def 30).
24. (of meat, especially game) tending toward a desirable or undesirable amount of decomposition; slightly tainted:
25. Metallurgy. containing a relatively large amount of a specified constituent (usually used in combination):
26. Baseball. (of a pitched ball) crossing the plate at a level above the batter's shoulders:
27. Cards. having greater value than other denominations or suits. able to take a trick; being a winning card. being or having a winning combination:
28. Nautical. noting a wind of force 10 on the Beaufort scale, equal to a whole gale.

Origin of High

before 900; Middle English heigh, variant of hegh, hey, heh, Old English hēah, hēh; cognate with Dutch hoog, Old High German hoh (German hoch), Old Norse hār, Swedish hög, Gothic hauhs, Lithu

Examples for High

Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.

With all due respect to his athletic skill, Gronkowski is not high on the list of NFL players that elicit carnal thoughts.

The State Department found that with high oil prices, the tar sands would be mined for oil, pipeline or no.

"I told him high altitudes and high livin' would do any man—" Again he was silent.

Specifically, the pilots got themselves into a high altitude stall, where the wings lose the capacity to provide lift.

Robert flushed with gratification at the high compliment conveyed in these words.

The most recent activity had a high point of 3.6 on the Richter Scale.

One need not look so high as the old-fashioned stuccoed ceiling.

Your observations have interested me deeply; they shall have my most high attention.

"And you're getting it so high it's top-heavy," cautioned Mrs. Drelmer.