high

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   at a great altitude

   We climbed high on the mountain, the view was breathtaking.

2. 2
   adv

   far up toward the source

   We lived high up the river.

3. 3
   adv

   in or to a high position, amount, or degree

   prices have gone up far too high

4. 4
   adv

   in a rich manner

   They live high.

5. 5
   adj

   (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')

   a high mountain

6. 6
   adj

   greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

   a high temperature

7. 7
   adj

   used of sounds and voices

   high in pitch or frequency

8. 8
   adj

   standing above others in quality or position

   people in high places

Etymology

From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend; crooked”). Cognates Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), Yola heegh, heigh, heighe, hia, hie (“high”), North Frisian hoog, huuch (“high”), Saterland Frisian hooch, hoog (“high”), West Frisian heech (“high”), Alemannic German hooch (“high”), Central Franconian huh (“high”), Cimbrian hoach, hòach (“high”), Dutch h…