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say it: hahy
high is a noun, adjective and adverb meaning "a lofty level or position or degree". It is pronounced /ˈhaɪ/ — hahy. It carries 18 recorded senses.
an air mass of higher than normal pressure
“the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high”
a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
“they took drugs to get a high on”
a high place
“they stood on high and observed the countryside”
“he doesn't like heights”
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
“he goes to the neighborhood highschool”
(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”
“high buildings”
“a high forehead”
“a high incline”
“a foot high”
used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
happy and excited and energetic
(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
in or to a high position, amount, or degree
“prices have gone up far too high”
far up toward the source
“he lives high up the river”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for high come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.