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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.