higher
What is the Definition of higher?
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)
- advanced in complexity or elaboration
- of education beyond the secondary level
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 higher in a sentence?
The whole crowd was on its feet, watching, terrified, as the Weasleys flew up to try and pull Harry safely onto one of their brooms, but it was no good – every time they got near him, the broom would jump higher still.
The pile of tried wands was mounting higher and higher on the spindly chair, but the more wands Mr. Ollivander pulled from the shelves, the happier he seemed to become.
He pulled his broomstick up a little to take it even higher, and heard screams and gasps of girls back on the ground and an admiring whoop from Ron.
His broomstick was still rising higher and higher, and started to drift lazily toward the forbidden forest and out of sight.
It was carrying him slowly higher, away from the game, jerking and twitching as it went.
Other meanings of higher (synonyms, cognates).
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