high

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”
• “the river is high”
• “he has a high opinion of himself”

(literal meanings) 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”

standing above others in quality or position

• “people in high places”
• “the high priest”
• “eminent members of the community”

used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

happy and excited and energetic

used of the smell of game beginning to taint

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

at a great altitude

• “he climbed high on the ladder”

in or to a high position, amount, or degree

• “prices have gone up far too high”

in a rich manner

• “he lives high”

far up toward the source

• “he lives high up the river”

a lofty level or position or degree

• “summer temperatures reached an all-time high”

an air mass of higher than normal pressure

• “the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high”

a state of sustained elation

• “I”

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 coutryside”
• “he doesn”

a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

• “he goes to the neighborhood highschool”

a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed