high
/haɪ/ adjective A1- Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty. · The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain
- Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- Of a ball, above the batter's shoulders. · the pitch (or: the ball) was high
- Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
- 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.
- Most exalted; foremost. · the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar
- Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive). · high crimes, the high festival of the sun
Comparative higher · Superlative highest
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A MULE, frolicsome from lack of work and from too much corn, galloped about in a very extravagant manner, and said to himself: “My father surely was a high-mettled racer, and I am his own child in speed and spirit.” On the next day, being driven a long journey, and feeling very wearied, he exclaimed in a disconsolate tone: “I must have made a mistake; my father, after all, could have been only an ass.”
The chickens will become ready for the market when poultry will fetch the highest price, so that by the end of the year I shall have money enough from my share to buy a new gown.
The vanquished Cock skulked away and hid himself in a quiet corner, while the conqueror, flying up to a high wall, flapped his wings and crowed exultingly with all his might.
He had recognized intelligence in the high forehead, courage in the dark eye and bent brow, and frankness in the thick lips that showed a set of pearly teeth.
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