high

Betekenis

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”)

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈhaɪ/

Etymologie

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”).

Zinnen

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

Het gewicht van het pakket werd op hoge schaal gezien.

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

Op de middelbare school werd ze gestemd als meisje dat het meest waarschijnlijk zou slagen als actrice.

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

Pas toen de maan hoog was, heeft de Alchemist Ride in zicht.

We couldn't find the high street .

We konden de hoofdstraat niet vinden.

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

Rode en groene paprika's bevatten veel para-coumarinezuur.

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

Bij sommige hoge heuvels biedt het bereik koele locaties die geschikt zijn voor wijngaarden.

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

Maar de drie aanwijzer van Luther Head stuiterde hoog en buiten.