high
- adverb
- /haɪ/
- A hare leaped high across our path, barely touching his paws to the ground.
- high up
I didn't know they went that high, Gary.
- I didn't know they went that high, Gary.
- I don't think we're that high, but we're like, I'm.
- Yours, your courses should go, they should, they should go high, low, high, low, high, low.
- Let you so high that our hair spill.
Examples
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Mirka gritted her teeth and held the rock high over her head.
Fiction book (2001) -
How high do you want it?
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We're going to go very, very high within about two years.
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Just how far, how high can he take this?
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We'll put it high up so people can see it for miles around.
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How high do you wanna go?
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OK, so take this shade up as high as you want to.
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The kite soared high in the blue sky, dancing with the wind.
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After the performance, the audience cheered high with excitement.
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During the game, the players jumped high to make each shot count.
Synonyms
Higher than most people or things of the same kind
At a great height above the ground
To be blown very high into the sky by an explosion
Very tall, like a tree or mountain, standing high above other things
Extremely high in amount or level
Higher than normal in amount or level
Very tall and impressive, rising high above other things
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
To be at the top of a place or feel very excited, sometimes meaning from a power above
- NSFW
A state of great excitement and happiness, sometimes from drinking alcohol or taking drugs
- Informal
To feel too proud of your own work or ideas and ignore other people's advice
- Informal
To stop acting like you are better than other people
- Informal
To act as if you are better than others and tell them they are wrong
- Informal
To be in a risky situation that needs great care to avoid failure
- Informal
Act with dignity and good behavior when others act mean or unfair
Compounds
- Specialized
A condition in which blood pushes too hard against vessel walls and increases health risks
- UK
The top group of judges in a country or state that hears the most important cases and appeals
- Informal
A gesture two people make by slapping raised open hands together to celebrate
- Specialized
A very strong chemical that explodes quickly and makes a lot of gas and energy
- Informal
A gesture where two people each raise one hand and slap palms to celebrate
- Formal
A crime of betraying someone's country by trying to overthrow the government or help its enemies
An athletic event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar without knocking it down
How High
Surface Forms
Etymology
The adverb high keeps the simple picture of aiming or reaching 'up' (from old English heah), so to aim high means to set your goal at a great level. That's why we say someone reached high standards or levels.