High: Definition, Meaning, and Examples
High (adjective, informal): Intoxicated by drugs or alcohol. The word "high" is a versatile term with multiple meanings and applications, spanning physical elevation, emotional states, and even altered mental
High (adjective, informal): Intoxicated by drugs or alcohol. The word "high" is a versatile term with multiple meanings and applications, spanning physical elevation, emotional states, and even altered mental
high implies marked extension upward and is applied chiefly to things which rise from a base or foundation or are placed at a conspicuous height above a lower level.
If something is high, it is a long way above the ground, above sea level, or above a person or thing. I looked down from the high window. The bridge was high, jacked up on wooden piers. The sun was high in the sky, blazing
Derived forms: highs, highest, higher.
High definition: Far or farther from a reference point.
Definition of high adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
It''s two and a half metres high and one metre wide. The corn grew waist-high (= as high as a person''s waist) in the fields. high The garden is surrounded by a high wall. tall Mount Everest is the world''s tallest mountain.
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