High

High , intransitive verb

[See Hie.]

To hie. [Obsolete]

Men must high them apace, and make haste. — Holland

High , adjective

[Old English high, hegh, hey, heh, Anglo-Saxon heáh, h{not transcribed}h; akin to Old Saxon h{not transcribed}h, OFries. hag, hach, Dutch hoog, Old High German h{not transcribed}h, German hoch, Icelandic h{not transcribed}r, Swedish hog, Danish hoi, Gothic hauhs, and to Icelandic haugr mound, German hugel hill, Lithuanian kaukaras.]

Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.

Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection

(a)

Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives.

The highest faculty of the soul. — Baxter

(b)

Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.

He was a wight of high renown. — Shakespeare

(c)

Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.

(d)

Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions.

With rather a high manner. — Thackeray

Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. — Bible (KJV) - Psalm lxxxix. 13

Can heavenly minds such high resentment show? — Dryden

(e)

Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.

Both meet to hear and answer such high things. — Shakespeare

Plain living and high thinking are no more. — Wordsworth

(f)

Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.

If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. — South

(g)

Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense.

An high look and a proud heart... is sin. — Bible (KJV) - Proverb xxi. 4

His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. — Clarendon

Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.

High time it is this war now ended were. — Spenser

High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. — Baker

(Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.

(Music) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.

(Phonetics) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as ē (ēve), o (fod). See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 10, 11.

It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. Mozley & W.

High , adverb

In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.

And reasoned high. — Milton

I can not reach so high. — Shakespeare

High is extensively used in the formation of compound words, most of which are of very obvious signification; as, high-aimed, high-arched, high-aspiring, high-bearing, high-boasting, high-browed, high-crested, high-crowned, high-designing, high-engendered, high-feeding, high-flaming, high-flavored, high-gazing, high-heaped, high-heeled, high-priced, high-reared, high-resolved, high-rigged, high-seated, high-shouldered, high-soaring, high-towering, high-voiced, and the like.

Collocations (1)

High and low , everywhere; in all supposable places; as, I hunted high and low. [Colloquial]

High , noun

An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.

People of rank or high station; as, high and low.

(Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn.

The dayspring from on high hath visited us. — Luke i. 78

High , intransitive verb

To rise; as, the sun higheth. [Obsolete]