Use the adjective high to describe something with a great elevation. If you want to see a really high mountain, you should visit Mount Everest.
To hie.
Noun
a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
Noun
a lofty level or position or degree; "summer temperatures reached an all-time high"
Noun
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"
Noun
a high place; "they stood on high and observed the coutryside"; "he doesn''t like heights"
Noun
a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics; "they took drugs to get a high on"
Noun
a state of sustained elation; "I''m on a permanent high these days"
Noun
an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"
Adjective S.
happy and excited and energetic
Adjective S.
slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
Adjective S.
used of the smell of game beginning to taint
Adjective
(literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high''); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"
Adjective
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself"
Adjective
used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
Adjective S.
standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community"
Adverb
at a great altitude; "he climbed high on the ladder"
Adverb
far up toward the source; "he lives high up the river"
Adverb
in or to a high position, amount, or degree; "prices have gone up far too high"
Adverb
in a rich manner; "he lives high"
v. i.
To hie.
superl.
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.
superl.
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
superl.
Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or
intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives.
superl.
Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in
rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed
in the highest circles.
superl.
Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
superl.
Of great strength, force, importance, and the like;
strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious;
majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions.
superl.
Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount;
grand; noble.
superl.
Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at
a high price.
superl.
Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used
in a bad sense.
superl.
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.
superl.
Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not
cook game before it is high.
superl.
Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high
note.
superl.
Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in
relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to
Pronunciation, // 10, 11.
adv.
In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to
a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.
n.
An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky;
heaven.
n.
People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
n.
The highest card dealt or drawn.
v. i.
To rise; as, the sun higheth.
High
Men must high them apace, and make haste.
High
He was a wight of high renown.
Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Can heavenly minds such high resentment show?
Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
Plain living and high thinking are no more.
If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper.
An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin.
His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.3.
High time it is this war now ended were.
High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.4.
High
High
The dayspring from on high hath visited us.--
High
To hie.
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;
In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.
An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
To rise;
Usage Examples
Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together, and I'm acting for the first time in front of an audience that doesn't consist of a high school drama class.
A representative is free delivery she's a personal beauty consultant. Some people want that high touch.
A rise in the level of saving can reduce aggregate activity temporarily but only a sustained high level of saving makes it possible to have the sustained high level of business investment that contributes to the long-run growth of output.
A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.
A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear.
A Shakespearean tragedy as so far considered may be called a story of exceptional calamity leading to the death of a man in high estate. But it is clearly much more than this, and we have now to regard it from another side.
A systemic cleansing and detox is definitely the way to go after each holiday. It is the key to fighting high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, and other health-related illnesses.
A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar.
After completing a Delaware State education, they were afforded opportunities beyond anything they might have imagined - and they opened doors for themselves that surely would have remained closed if they only had a high school education.
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Other Usage ExamplesA rumor that followed me forever was that my family was in the mafia. For years I had to live with it. They'd call me the mafia princess, so I rolled with it for the rest of high school. People even joke about it today.
A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law.
Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
A majority, perhaps as many as 75 percent, of abortion clinics are in areas with high minority populations. Abortion apologists will say this is because they want to serve the poor. You don't serve the poor, however, by taking their money to terminate their children.
A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf, and last night obtained in the same way a fox who had for some time infested the neighbourhood of the fort.
A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.
A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.
A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not.
A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
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