Definition of 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
• Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense.
• Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / / ve, / f/d. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.
• ( 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"
• greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; " a high temperature"; " a high price"; " the high point of his career"; " high risks"; " has high hopes"; " the river is high"; " he has a high opinion of himself"
• in or to a high position, amount, or degree; " prices have gone up far too high"
• To hie.
• Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, 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) color; high ( i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.
• To rise; as, the sun higheth.
• Aloft; eminently.
• Lofty; eminent; chief; arrogant; strong; dear.
• Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
• Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives.
• Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
• Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions.
• Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.
• Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.
• 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
• Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; - used in a bad sense.
• Acute or sharp; - opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.
• Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as ( ve), ( fd). See Guide to Pronunciation, 10, 11.
• Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
• a high place; " they stood on high and observed the coutryside" or" he doesn't like heights"
• 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"
• a state of sustained elation; " I'm on a permanent high these days"
• an air mass of higher than normal pressure; " the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"
• An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
• People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
• The highest card dealt or drawn.
• An elevated place. High and dry, applied to the situation of a vessel when aground above water- mark. High day, high noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian. On high, aloft.
• far up toward the source; " he lives high up the river"
• In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.
• To a great altitude; eminently; luxuriously.
• In a high manner; to a great altitude; also, at a high rate; luxuriously.
• Aloft; to a great altitude; eminently; greatly; powerfully.
• Aloft; greatly; with deep thought.
• standing above others in quality or position; " people in high places"; " the high priest"; " eminent members of the community"
• used of the smell of game beginning to taint
• happy and excited and energetic
• Elevated in place; lofty; exalted in degree or quality; chief; head; honorable; noble; of large amount or quantity; strong; powerful; intense; tempestuous; full or complete; near to the wind; tainted; shrill; acute.
• Elevated: lofty: tall: eminent in anything: exalted in rank: dignified: chief: noble: ostentatious: arrogant: proud: strong: powerful: angry: loud: violent: tempestuous: excellent: far advanced: difficult: dear: remote in time.
• Greatly elevated; lofty; chief; exalted; intense.
• Elevated; lofty; tall; elevated in rank, condition, or office; exalted in character or excellence; difficult; boastful; ostentations; arrogant; loud; threatening or angry; violent; powerful; luxurious; strong; remote from the equator; intense; faradvanced; noble; honourable; possessed of supreme power; of great price; remote in past time; acute; sharp.
• Far upwards; elevated; lofty; noble; honourable; violent; boastful; principal or chief; strong or powerful; dear in price; full or complete- applied to time; acute, as applied to music.
• Having a more complex and more highly differentiated structure.

Usage examples for high

1. The high sheriff's a friend of mine, so I got him to pass me in at the same time; but if you'd rather see Dewes alone, you'll say so, won't you?"  The New Tenant by E. Phillips Oppenheim

2. To live, she said, you must give something of yourself that is worth the while of Somebody Else to take and pay for- pay as high as he can be made to pay.  One Woman's Life by Robert Herrick

3. The power of the Most High guard thee from sin.  The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

4. The time was along in the fall, and there was a high wind that night.  Old Caravan Days by Mary Hartwell Catherwood