high

Meaning

Synonyms

senior high

way up

far up

high pressure

high gear

dry spot

in high spirits

be elated

to a great extent

up-stream

grow tall

Gymnasium

high place

up high

Prophetic

adj i & 3 deep

high atmospheric pressure

very high

ALT

be elevated

ill-smelling

be big

be tall

very tall and thin

of a high position

European hop

common hop

common hops

ill-scented

malodourous

at great altitude

at great height

charged up

fully come

in the upper register

to excess

rank,

shrill-ly

slab sided

low sprayer

high barometric maximum

barometric high

high barometric pressure

high-like

high certainty

be high

good temper

heaped up

high area

high grade

high-pressure area

high up in the air

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhaɪ/
Etymology

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”).

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