Definition: a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
Main entry: high
Definition: a lofty level or position or degree
Usage: summer temperatures reached an all-time high
Main entry: high, high school, highschool, senior high, senior high school
Definition: a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
Usage: he goes to the neighborhood highschool
Definition: a high place
Usage: they stood on high and observed the countryside; he doesn't like heights
Main entry: high
Definition: a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
Usage: they took drugs to get a high on
Main entry: high
Definition: a state of sustained elation
Usage: I'm on a permanent high these days
Main entry: high
Definition: an air mass of higher than normal pressure
Usage: the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high
Main entry: in high spirits, high
Definition: happy and excited and energetic
Definition: slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
Definition: (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
Main entry: high
Definition: (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')
Usage: a high mountain; high ceilings; high buildings; a high forehead; a high incline; a foot high
Main entry: high
Definition: greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
Usage: a high temperature; a high price; the high point of his career; high risks; has high hopes; the river is high; he has a high opinion of himself
Main entry: high, high-pitched
Definition: used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
Definition: standing above others in quality or position
Usage: people in high places; the high priest; eminent members of the community
Definition: at a great altitude
Usage: he climbed high on the ladder
Main entry: high
Definition: far up toward the source
Usage: he lives high up the river
Main entry: high
Definition: in or to a high position, amount, or degree
Usage: prices have gone up far too high
Main entry: high, richly, luxuriously
Definition: in a rich manner
Usage: he lives high