high

adjective

  1. 1

    happy and excited and energetic

  2. 2

    slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

  3. 3

    (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

  4. 4

    (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')

    a high mountain

    high ceilings

  5. 5

    greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

    a high temperature

    a high price

noun

  1. 1

    a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

  2. 2

    a lofty level or position or degree

    summer temperatures reached an all-time high

  3. 3

    a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

    he goes to the neighborhood highschool

  4. 4

    a high place

    they stood on high and observed the countryside

    he doesn't like heights

  5. 5

    a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics

    they took drugs to get a high on

  6. 6

    a state of sustained elation

    I'm on a permanent high these days

  7. 7

    an air mass of higher than normal pressure

    the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high

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