(Homonym: hi, hie).
1. (Literal meanings) Being at or having a relatively great elevation or height; sometimes used in combination.
2. Advanced into the most active period.
3. Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
4. Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug especially marijuana; SYN. mellow.
5. Used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency; SYN. high-pitched.
6. Very favorable.
1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
2. (Figurative) Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride.
1. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
2. Extending or moving toward a higher place; SYN. upward.
3. (Usually followed by 'on' or 'for') In readiness
4. Open
5. Used up
6. (Used of computers) Operating properly
ETYM as. up, upp, űp; akin to OFries. up, op, Dutch op, os. űp, Old High Germ. űf, German auf, Icel. and Swed. upp, Dan. op, Goth. iup, and probably to Eng. over. Related to Over.
1. Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; SYN. upwards, upward, upwardly.
2. Nearer to the speaker.
3. To a higher intensity.
4. To a later time; SYN. upwards, upward.
5. To a more central or a more northerly place.
1. At a high rate or wage.
2. Favorably or with much respect.
3. In a high position or level or rank.
4. To a high degree or extent; SYN. extremely.
ETYM From Lofty.
In a lofty manner.
Triply, threefold; having much treble, having many high tones
Hochdruckgebiet, Gebiet hohen Luftdrucks, Wetter.
1. A high place; or; SYN. heights.
2. A lofty level or position or degree:
3. A state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
4. An air mass of higher than normal pressure; SYN. high pressure.