Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word high. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in high.
Definitions and meaning of high
high
Pronunciation
enPR: hī, IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ/, [haɪ̯]
Rhymes: -aɪ
Homophones: hi, Hi, hie
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishhigh, heigh, heih, from Old Englishhēah(“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from Proto-West Germanic*hauh(“high”), from Proto-Germanic*hauhaz(“high”), from Proto-Indo-European*kewk-(“to elevate, height”).
Cognate with Scotsheich(“high”), Saterland Frisianhooch(“high”), West Frisianheech(“high”), Dutchhoog(“high”), Low Germanhoog(“high”), Germanhoch(“high”), Swedishhög(“high”), Norwegianhøy(“high”), Icelandichár(“high”), Lithuaniankaukas(“bump, boil, sore”)
Alternative forms
hi(informal)
Adjective
high (comparativehigher, superlativehighest)
Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
(baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.
Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
Most exalted; foremost.
Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning
High sauces and rich spices are fetch'd from the Indies.
Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
(of an opinion or practice, obsolete outside set phrases) Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
1970, Grateful Dead, High Time, on the album Workingman's Dead
I was having a high time, living the good life.
(of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
(with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
2010, Lena, quoted by S. Rosenbloom, The Multiracial Urban High School: Fearing Peers and Trusting Friends (→ISBN), chapter four:
I'm not that high about the relationship.
(of a body of water) With tall waves.
Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
This study also analyzed the sources of variations over an environmental gradient extending from low (subtropical) to high (sub-Antarctic) latitudes.
Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
(acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
(phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
(card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
(poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
(of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
(of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
(informal) 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.
(nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
(sports such as soccer) Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.
Synonyms
haute, hawt
(elevated): See Thesaurus:tall
(intoxicated): See Thesaurus:stoned or Thesaurus:drunk
Antonyms
low
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Pages starting with “high”.
Descendants
Sranan Tongo: hei
Translations
See also
mighty
Adverb
high (comparativehigher, superlativehighest)
In or to an elevated position.
How high above land did you fly?
The desks were piled high with magazines.
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.
Usage notes
The adverb high and the adverb highly should not be confused.
He hung the picture high on the wall.
As a politician, he isn't esteemed too highly.
Translations
References
Yuri Dolgopolov, A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms (2016, →ISBN): "high on something"
Noun
high (pluralhighs)
A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven).or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
It was one of the highs of his career.
Inflation reached a ten-year high.
2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
South Korea has reached a new high in a kind of air pollution measured in fine dust.
The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
Today's high was 32 °C.
A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
A drug that gives such a high.
(meteorology, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
A large high is centred on the Azores.
(card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
Translations
See also
crash
Verb
high (third-person singular simple presenthighs, present participlehighing, simple past and past participlehighed)
(obsolete) To rise.
The sun higheth.
Etymology 2
See hie.
Verb
high (third-person singular simple presenthighs, present participlehighing, simple past and past participlehighed)
(obsolete)Alternative form of hie(“to hasten”)
Anagrams
GHIH
Chinese
Etymology
From Englishhigh. Doublet of 嗨(hāi).
Pronunciation
Adjective
high(Hong Kong Cantonese)
high (intoxicated)
(figuratively) excited
Verb
high(Hong Kong Cantonese)
to be high (intoxicated)
(figuratively) to be excited
to use drugs
Derived terms
See also
high tea
hi
咍(hāi)
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishhigh. Doublet of hoch.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /haɪ̯/
Homophone: Hai
Adjective
high (strong nominative masculine singularhigher, not comparable)
(informal, chiefly predicative)high(intoxicated with a drug other than alcohol)