high
What is the Definition of high?
Noun:
- a lofty level or position or degree
- an air mass of higher than normal pressure
- a state of sustained elation
- a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
- a high place
- a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
- a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
Adjective:
- greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
- (literal meaning)
- sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'
- standing above others in quality or position
- used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
- happy and excited and energetic
- (used of the smell of meat)
- slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
Adverb:
- at a great altitude
- in or to a high position, amount, or degree
- in a rich manner
- far up toward the source
How can I use high in a sentence?
Flushed with their victory, they started to run back up the passage, but as they reached the corner they heard something that made their hearts stop — a high, petrified scream — and it was coming from the chamber they'd just chained up.
Harry told the turban he did not want to be in Slytherin; it got heavier and heavier; he tried to pull it off but it tightened painfully — and there was Malfoy, laughing at him as he struggled with it — then Malfoy turned into the hooknosed teacher, Snape, whose laugh became high and cold — there was a burst of green light and Harry woke, sweating and shaking.
As Hagrid's story came to a close, he saw again the blinding flash of green light, more clearly than he had ever remembered it before — and he remembered something else, for the first time in his life: a high, cold, cruel laugh.
Dumbledore gave his wand a little flick, as if he was trying to get a fly off the end, and a long golden ribbon flew out of it, which rose high above the tables and twisted itself, snakelike, into words.
About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers, weighing coins in brass scales, examining precious stones through eyeglasses.
Other meanings of high (synonyms, cognates).
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| high credit |
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| high efficiency |
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| high farming |
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| high finance |
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| high finish |
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| high life |
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| high light |
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| high living |
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| high money |
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| high office |
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| high power |
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| high pressured |
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| high quality |
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| high season |
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| high spirits |
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| high tide |
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| high words |
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| highball |
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| highborn |
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| highbrow |
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| highchair |
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| higher |
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| highest |
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| highest bidder |
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| highfalutin |
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| highland |
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| highlander |
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| highlands |
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| highlight |
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| highlighted |
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| highlighting |
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| highly |
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| highness |
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| highway |
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