high

Signification

Adj

1. Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
2. Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
3. Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
4. Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
5. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
6. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
7. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
8. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
9. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
10. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
11. Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
12. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
13. Luxurious; rich.
14. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
15. Keen, enthused.
16. With tall waves.
17. Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
18. Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
19. Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
20. Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
21. Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
22. Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
23. Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
24. Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
25. (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.
26. Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
27. Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.

Adv

1. In or to an elevated position.
2. In or at a great value.
3. At a pitch of great frequency.

Noun

1. 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).
2. 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).
3. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
4. A drug that gives such a high.
5. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
6. The highest card dealt or drawn.

Verb

To rise.

Verb

Alternative form of hie (“to hasten”)

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhaɪ/

Étymologie

From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to elevate, height”). Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), Saterland Frisian hooch (“high”), West Frisian heech (“high”), Dutch hoog (“high”), Low German hoog (“high”), German hoch (“high”), Swedish hög (“high”), Norwegian høy (“high”), Icelandic hár (“high”), Lithuanian kaukas (“bump, boil, sore”).

Phrases

The weight of the package was seen on the high scale .

Le poids de l'emballage a été observé à grande échelle.

In high school she was voted Girl Most Likely to Succeed as an Actress .

Au lycée, elle a été élu la fille le plus susceptible de réussir en tant qu'actrice.

Not until the moon was high did the alchemist ride into view .

Ce n'est que lorsque la Lune était élevée, l'alchimiste a fait la vue.

We couldn't find the high street .

Nous n'avons pas pu trouver la rue principale.

Red and green bell peppers are high in para-coumaric acid .

Les poivrons rouges et verts sont riches en acide para-coumarique.

At some high hill passes the range provides cool sites appropriate for vineyards .

À certains pass High Hill, la gamme offre des sites frais appropriés pour les vignobles.

But Luther Head's three pointer bounced high and out .

Mais les trois pointeurs de Luther Head ont rebondi haut et dehors.