high and dry

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hahy and drahy]
- /haɪ ænd draɪ/
- /haɪ ənd draɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hahy and drahy]
- /haɪ ænd draɪ/

Definitions of high and dry words

adjective high and dry having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall. 1
adjective high and dry having a specified extent upward: The apple tree is now 20 feet high. 1
adjective high and dry situated above the ground or some base; elevated: a high platform; a high ledge. 1
adjective high and dry exceeding the common degree or measure; strong; intense: high speed; high color. 1
adjective high and dry expensive; costly; dear: The price of food these days is much too high. 1
adjective high and dry exalted in rank, station, eminence, etc.; of exalted character or quality: a high official; high society. 1

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Origin of high and dry

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English heigh, variant of hegh, hey, heh, Old English hēah, hēh; cognate with Dutch hoog, Old High German hoh (German hoch), Old Norse hār, Swedish hög, Gothic hauhs, Lithuanian kaũkas swelling, kaukarà hill

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Parts of speech for High and dry

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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high and dry popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for high and dry

adj high and dry

aground — If a ship runs aground, it touches the ground in a shallow part of a river, lake, or the sea, and gets stuck.
deserted — abandoned; forsaken: the problems of deserted wives and children.
shipwrecked — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
stranded — composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
stuck — simple past tense and past participle of stick2 .

All 7 Synonyms of high and dry