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Tall (adjective)
Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
“Being tall is an advantage in basketball.”
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Tall (adjective)
Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
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Tall (adjective)
Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
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Tall (adjective)
A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces. defined as a noun
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Tall (adjective)
Obsequious; obedient.
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Tall (adjective)
Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
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Tall (adjective)
Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
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Tall (adjective)
Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.
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Tall (noun)
Someone or something that is tall.
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High (adjective)
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”
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High (adjective)
Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
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High (adjective)
Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
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High (adjective)
Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
“three feet high”
“three Mount Everests high”
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High (adjective)
Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
“The oldest of the elves’ royal family still conversed in High Elvish.”
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High (adjective)
Above the batter’s shoulders.
“the pitch (or: the ball) was high”
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High (adjective)
Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
“high crimes, the high festival of the sun”
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High (adjective)
Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
“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) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) scholarship; high tide; high [tourism] season; the High Middle Ages”
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High (adjective)
Most exalted; foremost.
“the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar”
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High (adjective)
Remote in distance or time.
“high latitude, high antiquity”
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High (adjective)
Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
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High (adjective)
Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
“in high spirits”
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High (adjective)
Luxurious; rich.
“high living, the high life”
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High (adjective)
Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
“a high tone”
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High (adjective)
Keen, enthused.
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High (adjective)
With tall waves.
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High (adjective)
Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
“My bank charges me a high interest rate.”
“I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol.”
“high voltage”
“high prices”
“high winds”
“a high number”
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High (adjective)
Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
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High (adjective)
Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
“The note was too high for her to sing.”
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High (adjective)
Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
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High (adjective)
Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
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High (adjective)
Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by “in” when predicative).
“Carrots are high in vitamin A.”
“made from a high-copper alloy”
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High (adjective)
Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
“I have KT742 of the same suit. In other words, a K-high flush.”
“9-high straight = 98765 unsuited”
“Royal Flush = AKQJT suited = A-high straight flush”
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High (adjective)
Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
“Epicures do not cook game before it is high.”
“The tailor liked his meat high.”
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High (adjective)
Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century) usually alcohol, but now (by the mid 20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
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High (adjective)
Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
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High (adverb)
In or to an elevated position.
“How high above land did you fly?”
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High (adverb)
In or at a great value.
“Costs have grown higher this year again.”
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High (adverb)
In a pitch of great frequency.
“I certainly can’t sing that high.”
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High (noun)
A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
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High (noun)
A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.
“It was one of the highs of his career.”
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High (noun)
A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
“That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.”
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High (noun)
A drug that gives such a high.
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High (noun)
A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
“A large high is centred on the Azores.”
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High (noun)
The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
“Inflation reached a ten-year high.”
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High (noun)
The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
“Today’s high was 32°C.”
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High (noun)
The highest card dealt or drawn.
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High (noun)
Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
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High (verb)
To rise.
“The sun higheth.”
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High (verb)
To hie; to hasten.
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Tall (adjective)
of great or more than average height, especially (with reference to an object) relative to width
“a tall, broad-shouldered man”
“a tall glass of iced tea”
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Tall (adjective)
(after a measurement and in questions) measuring a specified distance from top to bottom
“how tall are you?”
“he was over six feet tall”
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High (adjective)
of great vertical extent
“the top of a high mountain”
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High (adjective)
(after a measurement and in questions) measuring a specified distance from top to bottom
“a tree forty feet high”
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High (adjective)
far above ground, sea level, or another point of reference
“a palace high up on a hill”
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High (adjective)
extending above the normal level
“a round face with a high forehead”
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High (adjective)
(of an area) inland and well above sea level
“high prairies”
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High (adjective)
performed at, to, or from a considerable height
“high diving”
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High (adjective)
(of latitude) close to 90°; near the North or South Pole
“high southern latitudes”
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High (adjective)
great, or greater than normal, in quantity, size, or intensity
“a high temperature”
“sweets are very high in calories”
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High (adjective)
of large numerical or monetary value
“they had been playing for high stakes”
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High (adjective)
very favourable
“she had no very high opinion of men”
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High (adjective)
extreme in religious or political views
“a man of high Tory opinions”
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High (adjective)
(of a period or movement) at its peak
“high summer”
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High (adjective)
great in rank, status, or importance
“both held high office under Lloyd George”
“financial security is high on your list of priorities”
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High (adjective)
ranking above others of the same kind
“the last High King of Ireland”
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High (adjective)
morally or culturally superior
“blurring the distinctions between high art and popular art”
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High (adjective)
(of a sound or note) having a frequency at the upper end of the auditory range
“a high, squeaky voice”
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High (adjective)
(of a singer or instrument) producing notes of relatively high pitch
“a high soprano voice”
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High (adjective)
feeling euphoric, especially from the effects of drugs or alcohol
“some of them were high on Ecstasy”
“she wasn’t tipsy, just a little high”
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High (adjective)
(especially of food) unpleasantly strong-smelling because beginning to go bad
“it’s a type of preserved butter, used for cooking, smells a little high”
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High (adjective)
(of game) slightly decomposed and so ready to cook.
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High (adjective)
(of a vowel) produced with the tongue relatively near the palate.
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High (noun)
a high point, level, or figure
“commodity prices were at a rare high”
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High (noun)
a high-frequency sound or musical note
“piercing highs and subterranean lows”
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High (noun)
a high power setting
“the vent blower was on high”
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High (noun)
an area of high barometric pressure; an anticyclone.
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High (noun)
top gear in a motor vehicle
“the system lets you shift into 4WD high”
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High (noun)
a notably happy or successful moment
“the highs and lows of life”
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High (noun)
a state of high spirits or euphoria
“golf provides him with an adrenalin high”
“if the stable is doing well then everybody’s on a high”
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High (noun)
high school
“I go to junior high”
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High (adverb)
at or to a considerable or specified height
“the sculpture stood about five feet high”
“a dish piled high with baked beans”
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High (adverb)
highly
“he ranked high among the pioneers of chemical technology”
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High (adverb)
at a high price
“buying shares low and selling them high”
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High (adverb)
(of a sound) at or to a high pitch
“my voice went high with excitement”