high

  1. Adjective.  Being elevated in position or status, a state of being above many things.
  2. Adjective.  Tall, lofty, at a great distance above the ground (''at high altitude'').
  3. Adjective.  (slang) To be under the influence of a mood affecting drug; stoned..
  4. Adjective.  Of a quantity or value, great or large.
  5. Adjective.  (acoustics) Of greater frequency, or with more rapid wave oscillations.
  6. Adjective.  (of a, body of water) With tall waves.
  7. Adjective.  (context, of meat) Decomposing, rotting (to an extent which is desired by some).
  8. Adverb.  In or to an elevated position.
  9. Adverb.  In or at a great value.
  10. Adverb.  In a pitch of great frequency.
  11. Noun.  A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
  12. Noun.  (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
  13. Noun.  The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

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