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ALL meanings of highest

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  • adjective highest having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall. 1
  • adjective highest having a specified extent upward: The apple tree is now 20 feet high. 1
  • adjective highest situated above the ground or some base; elevated: a high platform; a high ledge. 1
  • adjective highest exceeding the common degree or measure; strong; intense: high speed; high color. 1
  • adjective highest expensive; costly; dear: The price of food these days is much too high. 1
  • adjective highest exalted in rank, station, eminence, etc.; of exalted character or quality: a high official; high society. 1
  • adjective highest Music. acute in pitch. a little sharp, or above the desired pitch. 1
  • adjective highest produced by relatively rapid vibrations; shrill: the high sounds of crickets. 1
  • adjective highest extending to or from an elevation: a high dive. 1
  • adjective highest great in quantity, as number, degree, or force: a high temperature; high cholesterol. 1
  • adjective highest Religion. chief; principal; main: the high altar of a church. High Church. 1
  • adjective highest of great consequence; important; grave; serious; the high consequences of such a deed; high treason. 1
  • adjective highest haughty; arrogant: He took a high tone with his subordinates. 1
  • adjective highest advanced to the utmost extent or to the culmination: high tide. 1
  • adjective highest elevated; merry or hilarious: high spirits; a high old time. 1
  • adjective highest rich; extravagant; luxurious: They have indulged in high living for years. 1
  • adjective highest Informal. intoxicated with alcohol or narcotics: He was so high he couldn't stand up. 1
  • adjective highest remote: high latitude; high antiquity. 1
  • adjective highest extreme in opinion or doctrine, especially religious or political: a high Tory. 1
  • adjective highest designating or pertaining to highland or inland regions. 1
  • adjective highest having considerable energy or potential power. 1
  • adjective highest Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the speed of the engine crankshaft and of the drive shaft most closely correspond: high gear. 1
  • adjective highest Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with the upper surface of the tongue relatively close to some portion of the palate, as the vowels of eat and it, which are high front, and those of boot and put, which are high back. Compare close (def 53), low1 (def 30). 1
  • adjective highest (of meat, especially game) tending toward a desirable or undesirable amount of decomposition; slightly tainted: He likes his venison high. 1
  • adjective highest Metallurgy. containing a relatively large amount of a specified constituent (usually used in combination): high-carbon steel. 1
  • adjective highest Baseball. (of a pitched ball) crossing the plate at a level above the batter's shoulders: The pitch was high and outside. 1
  • adjective highest Cards. having greater value than other denominations or suits. able to take a trick; being a winning card. being or having a winning combination: Whose hand is high? 1
  • adjective highest Nautical. noting a wind of force 10 on the Beaufort scale, equal to a whole gale. 1
  • adverb highest at or to a high point, place, or level. 1
  • adverb highest in or to a high rank or estimate: He aims high in his political ambitions. 1
  • adverb highest at or to a high amount or price. 1
  • adverb highest in or to a high degree. 1
  • adverb highest luxuriously; richly; extravagantly: They have always lived high. 1
  • adverb highest Nautical. as close to the wind as is possible while making headway with sails full. 1
  • noun highest Automotive. high gear: He shifted into high when the road became level. 1
  • noun highest Informal. high school. 1
  • noun highest Meteorology. a pressure system characterized by relatively high pressure at its center. Compare anticyclone, low1 (def 46). 1
  • noun highest a high or the highest point, place, or level; peak: a record high for unemployment. 1
  • noun highest Slang. a euphoric state induced by alcohol, drugs, etc. a period of sustained excitement, exhilaration, or the like: After winning the lottery he was on a high for weeks. 1
  • noun highest Cards. the ace or highest trump out, especially in games of the all fours family. 1
  • idioms highest fly high, to be full of hope or elation: His stories began to sell, and he was flying high. 1
  • idioms highest high and dry, (of a ship) grounded so as to be entirely above water at low tide. in a deprived or distressing situation; deserted; stranded: We missed the last bus and were left high and dry. 1
  • idioms highest high and low, in every possible place; everywhere: The missing jewelry was never found, though we searched high and low for it. 1
  • idioms highest high on, Informal. enthusiastic or optimistic about; having a favorable attitude toward or opinion of. 1
  • idioms highest on high, at or to a height; above. in heaven. having a high position, as one who makes important decisions: the powers on high. 1
  • noun highest Superlative form of high. 1
  • adjective highest position: tallest, loftiest 1
  • adjective highest number: of greatest value 1
  • adjective highest top: in a hierarchy 1
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