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.”
Tall (adjective)
Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
Tall (adjective)
Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
Tall (adjective)
A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces. defined as a noun
Tall (adjective)
Obsequious; obedient.
Tall (adjective)
Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
Tall (adjective)
Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
Tall (adjective)
Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.
Tall (noun)
Someone or something that is tall.
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”
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.
High (adjective)
Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
High (adjective)
Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
“three feet high”
“three Mount Everests high”
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.”
High (adjective)
Above the batter’s shoulders.
“the pitch (or: the ball) was high”
High (adjective)
Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
“high crimes, the high festival of the sun”
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”
High (adjective)
Most exalted; foremost.
“the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar”
High (adjective)
Remote in distance or time.
“high latitude, high antiquity”
High (adjective)
Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
High (adjective)
Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
“in high spirits”
High (adjective)
Luxurious; rich.
“high living, the high life”
High (adjective)
Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
“a high tone”
High (adjective)
Keen, enthused.
High (adjective)
With tall waves.
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”
High (adjective)
Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
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.”
High (adjective)
Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
High (adjective)
Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
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”
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”
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.”
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.
High (adjective)
Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
High (adverb)
In or to an elevated position.
“How high above land did you fly?”
High (adverb)
In or at a great value.
“Costs have grown higher this year again.”
High (adverb)
In a pitch of great frequency.
“I certainly can’t sing that high.”
High (noun)
A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
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.”
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.”
High (noun)
A drug that gives such a high.
High (noun)
A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
“A large high is centred on the Azores.”
High (noun)
The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
“Inflation reached a ten-year high.”
High (noun)
The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
“Today’s high was 32°C.”
High (noun)
The highest card dealt or drawn.
High (noun)
Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
High (verb)
To rise.
“The sun higheth.”
High (verb)
To hie; to hasten.
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”
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”
High (adjective)
of great vertical extent
“the top of a high mountain”
High (adjective)
(after a measurement and in questions) measuring a specified distance from top to bottom
“a tree forty feet high”
High (adjective)
far above ground, sea level, or another point of reference
“a palace high up on a hill”
High (adjective)
extending above the normal level
“a round face with a high forehead”
High (adjective)
(of an area) inland and well above sea level
“high prairies”
High (adjective)
performed at, to, or from a considerable height
“high diving”
High (adjective)
(of latitude) close to 90°; near the North or South Pole
“high southern latitudes”
High (adjective)
great, or greater than normal, in quantity, size, or intensity
“a high temperature”
“sweets are very high in calories”
High (adjective)
of large numerical or monetary value
“they had been playing for high stakes”
High (adjective)
very favourable
“she had no very high opinion of men”
High (adjective)
extreme in religious or political views
“a man of high Tory opinions”
High (adjective)
(of a period or movement) at its peak
“high summer”
High (adjective)
great in rank, status, or importance
“both held high office under Lloyd George”
“financial security is high on your list of priorities”
High (adjective)
ranking above others of the same kind
“the last High King of Ireland”
High (adjective)
morally or culturally superior
“blurring the distinctions between high art and popular art”
High (adjective)
(of a sound or note) having a frequency at the upper end of the auditory range
“a high, squeaky voice”
High (adjective)
(of a singer or instrument) producing notes of relatively high pitch
“a high soprano voice”
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”
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”
High (adjective)
(of game) slightly decomposed and so ready to cook.
High (adjective)
(of a vowel) produced with the tongue relatively near the palate.
High (noun)
a high point, level, or figure
“commodity prices were at a rare high”
High (noun)
a high-frequency sound or musical note
“piercing highs and subterranean lows”
High (noun)
a high power setting
“the vent blower was on high”
High (noun)
an area of high barometric pressure; an anticyclone.
High (noun)
top gear in a motor vehicle
“the system lets you shift into 4WD high”
High (noun)
a notably happy or successful moment
“the highs and lows of life”
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”
High (noun)
high school
“I go to junior high”
High (adverb)
at or to a considerable or specified height
“the sculpture stood about five feet high”
“a dish piled high with baked beans”
High (adverb)
highly
“he ranked high among the pioneers of chemical technology”
High (adverb)
at a high price
“buying shares low and selling them high”
High (adverb)
(of a sound) at or to a high pitch
“my voice went high with excitement”