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As a noun high

is (obsolete) thought; intention; determination; purpose or high can be a period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.

As an adjective high

is elevated in position or status; above many things.

As an adverb high

is in or to an elevated position.

As a verb high

is (obsolete) to rise or high can be to hie; to hasten.

As a proper noun best is

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high

English

(wikipedia high)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Related to (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) high, heigh, heih, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * hi (informal)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Elevated in position or status; above many things.
  • * , chapter=4
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high ; I never see anybody so polite.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.}}
  • Tall, lofty, at a great distance above the ground (at high altitude).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • (figuratively) Noble, especially of motives, intentions, etc.
  • (slang) Under the psychological effects of a mood-affecting drug, especially marijuana, or (less common) alcohol.
  • Of a quantity or value, great or large.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
  • , title= Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture , passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
  • (acoustics) Of greater frequency, i.e. with more rapid wave oscillations.
  • (of a, body of water) With tall waves.
  • *
  • (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
  • Epicures do not cook game before it is high .
  • Of great strength, force, importance, etc.; mighty; powerful; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.
  • a high''' wind; '''high passions
  • * Bible, Psalms lxxxix. 13
  • Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
  • * Dryden
  • Can heavenly minds such high resentment show?
  • * Thackeray
  • with rather a high manner
  • Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxi. 4
  • An high look and a proud heart is sin.
  • * Clarendon
  • His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
  • Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount.
  • * Shakespeare
  • to hear and answer such high things
  • * Wordsworth
  • Plain living and high thinking are no more.
  • (phonetics) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
  • Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree.
  • 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
  • * Spenser
  • High time it is this war now ended were.
  • * Baker
  • High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.
    Antonyms
    * low
    Derived terms
    * at the high port * fly high * get high * high altar * high as a kite * high and dry * high and low * high and mighty * high-beam * high blood pressure * high-born * high C * high card * high chair * high-class * high concept * high cotton * high country * high court * high-definition * high-density * high-end * high-energy * high explosive * high fantasy * high fashion * high fidelity * high five/high-five * high-frequency * High German * high-handed * high-hanging * high-hat * high heels * high hopes/have high hopes * high horse/on one's high horse * high island * high jinks * high jump * high-level * high line * high-maintenance * High Mass * high-minded * high-mindedly * high nelly * high-octane * high on the hog * high-pitch * high-pitched * high-powered * high pressure/high-pressure * high priest * high profile * high-ranking * high relief * high-rise * high-risk * high road * high roller * high school * high sea * high season * high-sounding * high-speed * high-spirited * high spirits * high-stick * high street * high-strung * high tackle * high tea * high-tech * high tension * high-test * high tide * high time * high-toned * high touch * high treason * high water * high yaller * highfalutin * highlight * highly * highness/Highness * highway * in high dudgeon * junior high * knee-high * Mile High Club * Most High * on high * sky-high * ultra-high * thigh-high * waist-high (high)
    See also
    * mighty

    Adverb

    (er)
  • In or to an elevated position.
  • How high above land did you fly?
  • In or at a great value.
  • Costs have grown higher this year again.
  • In a pitch of great frequency.
  • I certainly can't sing that high .
    Usage notes
    * The adverb high' and the adverb ' highly shouldn't be confused. *: He hung the picture high on the wall. *: ''As a politician, he isn't esteemed too highly .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica'' (in ''The Guardian , 15 May 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/may/15/benfica-chelsea-europa-league]
  • They will have to reflect on a seventh successive defeat in a European final while Chelsea try to make sense of an eccentric season rife with controversy and bad feeling but once again one finishing on an exhilarating high .
  • A drug that gives such a high.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= A new prescription , passage=No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs ” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again.}}
  • (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
  • The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
  • An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
  • (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
  • See also
    * crash

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To rise.
  • The sun higheth .

    Etymology 3

    See hie.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hie; to hasten.
  • * Holland
  • Men must high them apace, and make haste.

    best

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (good).
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • When he is best , he is a little worse than a man.
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • Heaven's last, best gift
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
  • , title= Cronies and capitols , passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult.
  • Most; largest.
  • Derived terms

    * bestness

    Antonyms

    * worst

    Adverb

    (head)
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:Thou serpent! That name best befits thee.
  • *(Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)
  • *:He prayeth best', who loveth ' best / All things both great and small.
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best' and ' best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:Had we best retire? I see a storm.
  • *(William Makepeace Thackeray) (1811-1863)
  • *:Had I not best go to her?
  • Noun

  • (uncountable) The supreme effort one can make, or has made.
  • I did my best .
    My personal best in that race is eighteen minutes, four seconds.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
  • , date=September 28 , author=Tom Rostance , title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Home defender Per Mertesacker had to be at his best to stop a dangerous cross from Vassilis Torossidis reaching Djebbour, but moments later Arsenal doubled their lead through Santos.}}
  • (countable) The person (or persons) who is (are) most excellent.
  • something that is best
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to surpass in skill or achievement.
  • To beat in a contest;
  • * 2010 , T. William Phillips, Restless Heart , page 16
  • "You did not win because I was sloppy. You bested me, Uncle. I've never seen you fight like that before.”

    Antonyms

    * To worst.

    Derived terms

    * all for the best * all the best * as best one can * at best * had best * have the best of * get the best of * make the best of * the best part of * with the best * best of the best

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