• noun:   a lofty level or position or degree

  Example: "Summer temperatures reached an all-time high"

• noun:   a high place

  Example: "They stood on high and observed the coutryside"

• noun:   a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics

  Example: "They took drugs to get a high on"

• noun:   a state of sustained elation

  Example: "I'm on a permanent high these days"

• noun:   an air mass of higher than normal pressure

  Example: "The east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"

• noun:   a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
• noun:   a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

  Example: "He goes to the neighborhood highschool"

• adjective:   (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')

  Example: "A high mountain"

• adjective:   greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

  Example: "A high temperature"

• adjective:   used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
• adjective:   happy and excited and energetic
• adjective:   slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
• adjective:   standing above others in quality or position

  Example: "People in high places"

• adjective:   used of the smell of game beginning to taint
• adverb:   at a great altitude

  Example: "He climbed high on the ladder"

• adverb:   far up toward the source

  Example: "He lives high up the river"

• adverb:   in or to a high position, amount, or degree

  Example: "Prices have gone up far too high"

• adverb:   in a rich manner

  Example: "He lives high"

• name:  A surname (common: 1 in 20000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #2286)

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