High

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward.
  • adjective. Extending a specified distance upward.
  • adjective. Far or farther from a reference point.
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  • adjective. Being at or near the peak or culminating stage.
  • adjective. Advanced in development or complexity.
  • adjective. Far removed in time; remote.
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  • adjective. Slightly spoiled or tainted; gamy. Used of meat.
  • adjective. Having a bad smell; malodorous.
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  • adjective. Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively large number of sound-wave cycles per second.
  • adjective. Raised in pitch; not soft or hushed.
  • adjective. Situated relatively far from the equator.
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  • adjective. Of great importance.
  • adjective. Eminent in rank or status.
  • adjective. Serious; grave.
  • adjective. Constituting a climax; crucial.
  • adjective. Characterized by lofty or stirring events or themes.
  • adjective. Lofty or exalted in quality or character.
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  • adjective. Greater than usual or expected, as in quantity, magnitude, cost, or degree.
  • adjective. Favorable.
  • adjective. Of great force or violence.
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  • adjective. Excited or euphoric.
  • adjective. Intoxicated by alcohol or a drug, such as cocaine or marijuana.
  • adjective. Luxurious; extravagant.
  • adjective. Of or relating to vowels produced with part of the tongue close to the palate, as in the vowel of tree.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being the gear configuration or setting, as in an automotive transmission, that produces the greatest vehicular speed with respect to engine speed.
  • adverb. At, in, or to a lofty position, level, or degree.
  • adverb. In an extravagant or luxurious way.
  • noun. A lofty place or region.
  • noun. A high level or degree.
  • noun. The high gear configuration of a transmission.
  • noun. A center of high atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
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  • noun. An excited or euphoric condition.
  • noun. An intoxicated or euphoric condition induced by alcohol or a drug.
  • idiom. (high and dry) In a position of helplessness; stranded.
  • idiom. (high and dry) Out of water. Used of a ship, for example.
  • idiom. (high and low) Here and there; everywhere.
  • idiom. (on high) High in the sky.
  • idiom. (on high) In heaven.
  • idiom. (on high) In a position of authority.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In a high or lofty manner; to a great height, amount, extent, degree, etc.; eminently; powerfully; grandly; richly; extravagantly: as, to climb high; to play high (for high stakes); to live high; to bid high.
  • To make high; lift up; raise; exalt.
  • To rise or be at its highest point, as the tide.
  • Word Usage
    "We took notice of several high hills with groves of evergreen oak on their summits; detached hills, which we could not but consider as remains of the ancient _high places_ for idolatrous worship."
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    grave  low  
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    Ai  Alai  Ally  Bi  Bligh  
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    Masha  above  bad  below  came  
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