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Quick definitions from WordNet (high)

▸ noun:  a lofty level or position or degree ("Summer temperatures reached an all-time high")
▸ noun:  a high place ("They stood on high and observed the coutryside")
▸ noun:  a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics ("They took drugs to get a high on")
▸ noun:  a state of sustained elation ("I'm on a permanent high these days")
▸ noun:  an air mass of higher than normal pressure ("The east coast benefits from a Bermuda high")
▸ noun:  a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
▸ noun:  a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12 ("He goes to the neighborhood highschool")
▸ adjective:  (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")
▸ adjective:  greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount ("A high temperature")
▸ adjective:  used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
▸ adjective:  happy and excited and energetic
▸ adjective:  slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
▸ adjective:  standing above others in quality or position ("People in high places")
▸ adjective:  used of the smell of game beginning to taint
▸ adverb:  at a great altitude ("He climbed high on the ladder")
▸ adverb:  far up toward the source ("He lives high up the river")
▸ adverb:  in or to a high position, amount, or degree ("Prices have gone up far too high")
▸ adverb:  in a rich manner ("He lives high")
▸ name:  A surname (common: 1 in 20000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #2286)

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