high | (adjective) (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high') | - |
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(adjective) greater than normal in quantity or amount | - |
(adjective) used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency | Synonyms: high-pitched |
(adjective) happy and excited and energetic | Synonyms: in high spirits |
(adjective) slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) | Synonyms: mellow |
(adjective) (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted | Synonyms: gamey, gamy |
(adjective) standing above others in quality or position | Synonyms: eminent |
(noun) a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed | Synonyms: high gear |
(noun) a lofty level or position or degree | - |
(noun) a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12 | Synonyms: high school, highschool, senior high, senior high school |
(noun) a high place | Synonyms: heights |
(noun) an air mass of higher than normal pressure | - |
(noun) a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics | - |
(noun) a state of sustained elation | - |
(adverb) at a great altitude | Synonyms: high up |
(adverb) far up toward the source | - |
(adverb) in or to a high position, amount, or degree | - |
(adverb) in a rich manner | Synonyms: luxuriously, richly |
thigh | (noun) the part of the leg between the hip and the knee | - |
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(noun) the upper joint of the leg of a fowl | Synonyms: second joint |