Word Finder - high

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A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.

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A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.

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It was one of the highs of his career.

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A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.

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

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A drug that gives such a high.

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A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

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A large high is centred on the Azores.

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The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.

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Inflation reached a ten-year high.

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The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

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Today's high was 32°C.

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The highest card dealt or drawn.

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To rise.

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The sun higheth.

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Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.

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The balloon rose high in the sky.   The wall was high.   a high mountain

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Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

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Having a specified elevation or height; tall.

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three feet high   three Mount Everests high

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Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.

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The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.

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Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).

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high crimes, the high festival of the sun

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Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.

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high (i.e. intense) heat; high (i.e. full or quite) noon; high (i.e. rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i.e. complete) pleasure; high (i.e. deep or vivid) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) scholarship; high tide; high [tourism] season; the High Middle Ages

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(in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.

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high latitude, high antiquity

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(in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.

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Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.

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in high spirits

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(of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.

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high living, the high life

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Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.

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a high tone

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(with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.

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(of a body of water) With tall waves.

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Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

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My bank charges me a high interest rate.   I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol.   high voltage   high prices   high winds   a high number

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(acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).

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The note was too high for her to sing.

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Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.

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Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

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(of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.

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Epicures do not cook game before it is high.

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Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.

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(of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.

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In or to an elevated position.

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How high above land did you fly?

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In or at a great value.

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Costs have grown higher this year again.

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At a pitch of great frequency.

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I certainly can't sing that high.