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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: High \High\, v. i. [See {Hie}.] To hie. [Obs.] Men must high them apace, and make haste. --Holland. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 hill, Lith. kaukaras.] 1. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line or surface; having altitude; lifted up raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high. 2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses which are understood from the connection; as a Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; pre["e]minent; honorable; as high aims, or motives. ``The highest faculty of the soul.'' --Baxter. b Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like dignified; as she was welcomed in the highest circles. He was a wight of high renown. --Shak. c Of noble birth; illustrious; as of high family. d Of great strength, force, importance, and the like strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as a high wind; high passions. ``With rather a high manner.'' --Thackeray. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. --Ps. lxxxix 13. Can heavenly minds such high resentment show? --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: High \High\, v. i. To rise; as the sun higheth. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: High \High\, adv In a high manner; in a high place to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully. ``And reasoned high.`` --Milton. ``I can not reach so high.'' --Shak. Note: High is extensively used in the formation of compound words most of which are of very obvious signification; as high-aimed, high-arched, high-aspiring, high-bearing, high-boasting, high-browed, high-crested, high-crowned, high-designing, high-engendered, high-feeding, high-flaming, high-flavored, high-gazing, high-heaped, high-heeled, high-priced, high-reared, high-resolved, high-rigged, high-seated, high-shouldered, high-soaring, high-towering, high-voiced, and the like {High and low}, everywhere; in all supposable places; as I hunted high and low [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: High \High\, n. 1. An elevated place a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. 2. People of rank or high station; as high and low 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. {High, low jack, and the game}, a game at cards; -- also called {all fours}, {old sledge}, and {seven up}. {In high and low}, utterly; completely; in every respect. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {On high}, aloft; above. The dayspring from on high hath visited us --Luke i. 78. {The Most High}, the Supreme Being God. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: high adj 1: greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "high winds"; "the river is high" [ant: {low}] 2: (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension; "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"; sometimes used in combination; "knee-high grass" [ant: {low}] 3: standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community" [syn: {eminent}] 4: used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency [syn: {high-pitched}] [ant: {low}] 5: excited as if by alcohol or drugs [syn: {in high spirits}] 6: incoming; "flood tide"; "high tide" [syn: {flood(a)}] [ant: {ebb(a)}] 7: of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate; "secondary school"; "high school" [syn: {secondary(a)}] [ant: {elementary(a)}, {intermediate(a)}] 8: advanced into the most active period; "went to Europe in high season" 9: marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"; "high winds" [syn: {big}] 10: used of the smell of game beginning to taint [syn: {gamey}, {gamy}] 11: very favorable; "he has a high opinion of himself" 12: slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug especially marijuana [syn: {mellow}] n 1: a lofty level or position or degree: "summer temperatures reached an all-time high" [ant: {low}] 2: an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high" [syn: {high pressure}] 3: a state of sustained elation; "his high spirits told us he must have won"; "I'm on a permanent high these days" [syn: {high spirits}] [ant: {low spirits}] 4: a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics; "they took drugs to get a high on" 5: a high place "they stood on high and observed the coutryside" or "he doesn't like heights" [syn: {heights}] 6: a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool" [syn: {senior high school}, {senior high}, {highschool}, {high school}] 7: a forward gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed [syn: {high gear}] adv 1: at a great altitude; "he climbed high on the ladder" [syn: {high up}] 2: in or to a high position, amount, or degree; "prices have gone up far too high" 3: in a rich manner; "he lives high" [syn: {richly}, {luxuriously}] 4: far up toward the source; "he lives high up the river"
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