Definition of "high" in English

adjective

Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
- three feet high three Mount Everests high
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.
(of an opinion or practice, obsolete outside set phrases) Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
- 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
Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
- a high tone
(with on or about) Keen, enthused.
- 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.
- high latitude, fish species in high arctic and antarctic areas
- 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).
- My bank charges me a high interest rate.
- I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol.
- high voltage high prices high winds a high number
(acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
- The note was too high for her to sing.
(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.
(of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
- Epicures do not cook game before it is high.
- The tailor liked his meat high.

noun

(countable) 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.
- South Korea has reached a new high in a kind of air pollution measured in fine dust.
(countable) A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
- That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.
(countable) A drug that gives such a high.
(countable, meteorology, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
- A large high is centred on the Azores.
(countable, card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
(countable and uncountable, informal) Ellipsis of high school.