high

A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.

A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.

“It was one of the highs of his career.”

A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.

“That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.”

A drug that gives such a high.

A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

“A large high is centred on the Azores.”

The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.

“Inflation reached a ten-year high.”

The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

“Today's high was 32°C.”

The highest card dealt or drawn.

To rise.

“The sun higheth.”

Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.

“The balloon rose high in the sky.   The wall was high.   a high mountain”

Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

Having a specified elevation or height; tall.

“three feet high   three Mount Everests high”

Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.

“The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.”

Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).

“high crimes, the high festival of the sun”

Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.

“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) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) scholarship; high tide; high [tourism] season; the High Middle Ages”

(in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.

“high latitude, high antiquity”

(in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.

Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.

“in high spirits”

(of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.

“high living, the high life”

Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.

“a high tone”

(with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.

(of a body of water) With tall waves.

Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

“My bank charges me a high interest rate.   I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol.   high voltage   high prices   high winds   a high number”

(acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).

“The note was too high for her to sing.”

Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.

Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

(of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.

“Epicures do not cook game before it is high.”

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.

(of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.

In or to an elevated position.

“How high above land did you fly?”

In or at a great value.

“Costs have grown higher this year again.”

At a pitch of great frequency.

“I certainly can't sing that high.”