high

Definitions

• Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
• Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
• Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
• Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
• Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
• Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
• (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
• (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church (high church), .
• 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) With tall waves.
• 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) 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) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.