English dictionary
high
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- happy and excited and energetic
adjective
- slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
adjective
- (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
adjective
- (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like ‘knee-high’)
adjective
- greater than normal in quantity or amount
adjective
- used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
adjective
- standing above others in quality or position
adverb
- at a great altitude
adverb
- far up toward the source
adverb
- in or to a high position, amount, or degree
adverb
- in a rich manner
noun
- a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
noun
- a lofty level or position or degree
noun
- a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
noun
- a high place
noun
- a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
noun
- a state of sustained elation
noun
- an air mass of higher than normal pressure
Example sentences
a high mountain
high ceilings
high buildings
a high forehead
a high incline
a high temperature
a high price
the high point of his career
high risks
has high hopes
people in high places
the high priest
eminent members of the community
he climbed high on the ladder
he lives high up the river
prices have gone up far too high
he lives high
summer temperatures reached an all-time high
he goes to the neighborhood highschool
they stood on high and observed the countryside
he doesn't like heights
they took drugs to get a high on
I'm on a permanent high these days
the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high