high

high
1. adjective /haɪ/
a) Being elevated in position or status, a state of being above many things.

My bank charges me a high interest rate.

b) Tall, lofty, at a great distance above the ground (at high altitude).

The note was too high for her to sing.

2. adverb /haɪ/
a) In or to an elevated position.

How high above land did you fly?

b) In or at a great value.

Costs have grown higher this year again.

3. noun /haɪ/
a) A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs

That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown

b) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

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  • High — High, a. [Compar. {Higher}; superl. {Highest}.] [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he[ a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw. h[ o]g, Dan. h[ o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. h[ u]gel… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • high — high, tall, lofty mean above the average in height. High, the general term (opposed to low), implies marked extension upward and is applied chiefly to things which rise from a base or foundation {a high hill} {a high building} or are placed at a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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