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): /haɪ/, [haɪ̯]
(US) IPA(key): /haɪ/, [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 bend, curve, arch, vault”), a suffixed form of *kew-.
Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
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.
(baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.
the pitch (or: the ball) was high
Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
1919, Martha Van Rensselaer, Flora Rose, Helen Canon, A Manual of Home-Making, page 376:
A nightgown with a high neck and long sleeves may have the fullness set into a yoke.
Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
three feet highthree 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.
1855-57, Charles Dickens Little Dorrit
The Barnacles were a very high family, and a very large family. They were dispersed all over the public offices, and held all sorts of public places.
Most exalted; foremost.
the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar
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
High time it is this war now ended were.
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).
1802, William Wordsworth, England 1802
Plain living and high thinking are no more.
(in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
Not a one of them was old enough to know what the high past of Liani separatism had really been like.
(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
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.
high living, the high life
2010, Rose Maria McCarthy Anding. High Heels, Honey Lips, & White Powder
I was living the high lifestyle in famous sex clubs, relaxing on luxurious sofas, in the saunas and whirlpools, enjoying moments of excitement with my male and female companions while sipping champagne from crystal glasses.
Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
a high tone
An high look and a proud heart […] is sin.
1702-1704, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion
His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
(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.
Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
Can heavenly minds such high resentment show?
Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
1907, The American Exporter, volume 60, page 101:
Anyone can determine for himself whether certain wire is high carbon or not. Heat a piece of the wire red hot and while red plunge into water till cold.
(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.
I have KT742 of the same suit. In other words, a K-high flush.
9-high straight = 98765 unsuited
Royal Flush = AKQJT suited = A-high straight flush
(of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
North's hand was high. East was in trouble.
1894, Harper's Magazine, volume 88, page 910:
Cutler pushed forward the two necessary white chips. No one's hand was high, and Loomis made a slight winning.
(of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
Epicures do not cook game before it is high.
(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.
Synonyms
(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?
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 or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
South Korea has reached a new high in a kind of air pollution measured in fine dust.
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.
2013, Daniel Taylor, Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica (in The Guardian, 15 May 2013)[3]
They will have to reflect on a seventh successive defeat in a European final while Chelsea try to make sense of an eccentric season rife with controversy and bad feeling but once again one finishing on an exhilarating high.
A drug that gives such a high.
(informal) 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.
(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
From Middle Englishhiȝe, huȝe, huiȝe, huie, hige, from Old Englishhyġe(“thought, mind, heart, disposition, intention, courage, pride”), from Proto-West Germanic*hugi, from Proto-Germanic*hugiz(“mind, sense”), of unknown origin. Cognate with North Frisianhuwggje(“mind, sense”), Middle Low Germanhöge, hoge(“thought, meaning, mood, happiness”), Middle High Germanhüge, huge, hoge(“mind, spirit, memory”), Danishhu(“mind”), Swedishhåg(“mind, inclination”), Icelandichugur(“mind”). Related to Hugh.