High Definition

higher, highest, highs
adjective
higher, highest
Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward.
A high mountain; a high tower.
American Heritage
Of more than normal height; lofty; tall.
Webster's New World
Extending upward a (specified) distance.
Webster's New World
Situated far above the ground or some other level.
Webster's New World
Reaching to or done from a height.
A high jump, a high dive.
Webster's New World
adverb
In a high manner.
Webster's New World
In, at, to, or toward a high degree, level, place, position, etc.
Webster's New World
In an extravagant or luxurious way.
Made a fortune and lived high.
American Heritage

In or at a great value.

Costs have grown higher this year again.
Wiktionary

In a pitch of great frequency.

I certainly can't sing that high.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
highs
A lofty place or region.
American Heritage
A high degree, level, place, position, etc.
Webster's New World
The high gear configuration of a transmission.
American Heritage
That gear of a motor vehicle, etc. producing the greatest speed and the lowest torque.
Webster's New World
An area of high barometric pressure.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
  • low spirits
  • low
verb

(obsolete) To rise.

The sun higheth.
Wiktionary

To hie; to hasten.

Wiktionary
idiom
high and dry
  • In a position of helplessness; stranded:

    went off and left me high and dry.

  • Out of water. Used of a ship, for example.
American Heritage
high and low
  • Here and there; everywhere:

    searched high and low for the keys.

American Heritage
on high
  • High in the sky.
  • In heaven.
American Heritage
high and dry
  • out of the reach of the water
  • alone and helpless; stranded
Webster's New World
high and low
  • everywhere
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of High

Noun

Singular:
high
Plural:
highs

Adjective

Base Form:
high
Comparative:
higher
Superlative:
highest

Origin of High

  • 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-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”), a suffixed form of *kew-. Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), Eastern Frisian hag (“high”), West Frisian heech (“high”), Dutch hoog (“high”), Low German hog (“high”), German hoch (“high”), Swedish hög (“high”), Icelandic hár (“high”), Lithuanian kaukas (“bump, boil, sore”), Russian куча (kúcha, “pile, heap, stack, lump”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English hiȝe, huȝe, huiȝe, huie, hige, from Old English hyġe (“thought, mind, heart, disposition, intention, courage, pride”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, sense”), of unknown origin. Cognate with North Frisian huwggje (“mind, sense”), Middle Low German höge, hoge (“thought, meaning, mood, happiness”), Middle High German hüge, huge, hoge (“mind, spirit, memory”), Danish hu (“mind”), Swedish håg (“mind, inclination”), Icelandic hugur (“mind”). Related to Hugh.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English hēah

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See hie.

    From Wiktionary

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