(literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"
Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles
The stock price has moved up or down by more than 20 percent in a month in at least 8 of the past 24 months All IPO stocks automatically get this risk rating for the first 12 months of trading
In meteorology it is synonymous with "area of high pressure" and refers to a maximum of atmospheric pressure in two dimensions--closed isobars in the synoptic surface chart; or a maximum of height (closed contours) in the constant-pressure chart Since a high is, on the synoptic chart, always associated with anticyclonic circulation, the term is used interchangeably with anticyclone
happy and excited and energetic slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"
Boosts or cuts frequencies in the high (treble) half of the frequency spectrum (1 KHz - 20 KHz) A "shelving" control, it tends to make more extreme changes at higher frequencies (20 KHz) and less extreme changes at lower frequencies (1 KHz)
a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics; "they took drugs to get a high on"
Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high
Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preëminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives