How to pronounce “high”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
• Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
• Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
• (of an opinion or practice, obsolete outside set phrases) Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
• Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
• (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
• Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
• (with on or about) Keen, enthused.
• (of a body of water) With tall waves.
• Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
• Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
• (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
• (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
• (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
• (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
• (informal) 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.
• (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
• (sports such as soccer) Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.
• [Adverb]
• In or to an elevated position.
• In or at a great value.
• At a pitch of great frequency.
• [Noun]
• (countable) A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
• (countable) A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
• (countable) A drug that gives such a high.
• (countable, meteorology, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
• (countable, card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
• (countable and uncountable, informal) Ellipsis of high school.
• [Verb]
• (obsolete) To rise.

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Similar Sounds

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