| High |
v. i. |
To hie. |
| High |
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. |
| 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 |
| High |
superl. |
Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives. |
| High |
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. |
| High |
superl. |
Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family. |
| High |
superl. |
Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions. |
| High |
superl. |
Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. |
| High |
superl. |
Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. |
| High |
superl. |
Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious;
used in a bad sense. |
| High |
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. |
| High |
superl. |
Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high. |
| High |
superl. |
Acute or sharp;
opposed to grave or low; as, a high note. |
| High |
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. |
| High |
adv. |
In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully. |
| High |
n. |
An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. |
| High |
n. |
People of rank or high station; as, high and low. |
| High |
n. |
The highest card dealt or drawn. |
| High |
v. i. |
To rise; as, the sun higheth. |
| High five |
|
See Cinch (the game). |
| High priest |
|
A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood. |
| High steel |
|
Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbon steel. |
| High-blown |
a. |
Inflated, as with conceit. |
| High-bred |
a. |
Bred in high life; of pure blood. |
| High-built |
a. |
Of lofty structure; tall. |
| High-church |
a. |
Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a. |
| High-churchism |
n. |
The principles of the high-church party. |
| High-churchman |
n. |
One who holds high-church principles. |
| High-churchman-ship |
n. |
The state of being a high-churchman. |
| High-colored |
a. |
Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed. |
| High-colored |
a. |
Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored description. |
| High-embowed |
a. |
Having lofty arches. |
| High-fed |
a. |
Pampered; fed luxuriously. |
| High-finished |
a. |
Finished with great care; polished. |
| High-flown |
a. |
Elevated; proud. |
| High-flown |
a. |
Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language. |
| High-flushed |
a. |
Elated. |
| High-go |
n. |
A spree; a revel. |
| High-handed |
a. |
Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act. |
| High-hearted |
a. |
Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. |
| High-hoe |
n. |
The European green woodpecker or yaffle. |
| High-holder |
n. |
The flicker;
called also high-hole. |
| High-low |
n. |
A laced boot, ankle high. |
| High-mettled |
a. |
Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed. |
| High-minded |
a. |
Proud; arrogant. |
| High-minded |
a. |
Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous;
opposed to mean. |
| High-mindedness |
n. |
The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity. |
| High-palmed |
a. |
Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft. |
| High-pressure |
a. |
Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere;
said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc. |
| High-pressure |
a. |
Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life. |
| High-priesthood |
n. |
The office, dignity, or position of a high priest. |
| High-priestship |
n. |
High-priesthood. |
| High-principled |
a. |
Possessed of noble or honorable principles. |
| High-proof |
a. |
Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits. |
| High-proof |
a. |
So as to stand any test. |
| High-raised |
a. |
Elevated; raised aloft; upreared. |
| High-raised |
a. |
Elated with great ideas or hopes. |
| High-reaching |
a. |
Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. |
| High-red |
a. |
Of a strong red color. |
| High-seasoned |
a. |
Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant. |
| High-sighted |
a. |
Looking upward; supercilious. |
| High-souled |
a. |
Having a high or noble spirit; honorable. |
| High-sounding |
a. |
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles. |
| High-spirited |
a. |
Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition. |
| High-stepper |
n. |
A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing. |
| High-stomached |
a. |
Having a lofty spirit; haughty. |
| High-strung |
a. |
Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse. |
| High-swelling |
a. |
Inflated; boastful. |
| High-toned |
a. |
High in tone or sound. |
| High-toned |
a. |
Elevated; high-principled; honorable. |
| High-top |
n. |
A ship's masthead. |
| High-wrought |
a. |
Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. |
| High-wrought |
a. |
Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. |
| Highbinder |
n. |
A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. |
| Highborn |
a. |
Of noble birth. |
| Highboy |
n. |
One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer. |
| Highboy |
n. |
A kind of set of drawers. |
| Higher criticism |
|
Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism. |
| Higher thought |
|
See New thought, below. |
| Higher-up |
n. |
A superior officer or official;
used chiefly in pl. |
| Highering |
a. |
Rising higher; ascending. |
| Highfaluting |
n. |
High-flown, bombastic language. |
| Highflier |
n. |
One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners. |
| Highflying |
a. |
Extravagant in opinions or ambition. |
| Highland |
n. |
Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland. |
| Highlander |
n. |
An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland. |
| Highlandry |
n. |
Highlanders, collectively. |
| Highly |
adv. |
In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed. |
| Highmen |
n. pl. |
Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers. |
| Highmost |
a. |
Highest. |
| Highness |
n. |
The state of being high; elevation; loftiness. |
| Highness |
n. |
A title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; as, His Royal Highness. |
| Highroad |
n. |
A highway; a much traveled or main road. |
| Hight |
n. |
A variant of Height. |
| Hight |
imp. |
of Hight |
| Hight |
p. p. |
of Hight |
| Hight |
v. t. & i. |
To be called or named. |
| Hight |
v. t. & i. |
To command; to direct; to impel. |
| Hight |
v. t. & i. |
To commit; to intrust. |
| Hight |
v. t. & i. |
To promise. |
