High vs. Nigh

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Highadjective

Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.

Highadjective

Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.

Highadjective

Above the batter's shoulders.

Highadjective

Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

Highadjective

Having a specified elevation or height; tall.

Highadjective

Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.

Highadjective

Most exalted; foremost.

Highadjective

Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).

Highadjective

Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.

Highadjective

Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).

Highadjective

(in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.

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(in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.

Highadjective

Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.

Highadjective

(of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.

Highadjective

Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.

Highadjective

(with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.

Highadjective

With tall waves.

Highadjective

Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

Highadjective

Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).

Highadjective

(acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).

Highadjective

(phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.

Highadjective

(card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

Highadjective

(poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.

Highadjective

(of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.

Highadjective

Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.

Highadjective

(slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century) usually alcohol, but now (by the mid 20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.

Highadjective

Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.

Highadverb

In or to an elevated position.

Highadverb

In or at a great value.

Highadverb

In a pitch of great frequency.

Highnoun

A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.

Highnoun

A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.

Highnoun

A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.

Highnoun

A drug that gives such a high.

Highnoun

(informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

Highnoun

The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.

Highnoun

The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

Highnoun

(card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.

Highnoun

(obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.

Highverb

(obsolete) To rise.

Highverb

To hie; to hasten.

Highverb

To hie.

Highverb

To rise; as, the sun higheth.

Highadjective

Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.

Highadjective

Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; - used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection

Highadjective

Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preëminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives.

Highadjective

Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, 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) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.

Highadjective

Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.

Highadjective

Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.

Highadjective

Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.

Highadjective

Acute or sharp; - opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.

Highadjective

Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions.

Highadjective

Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as ē (ēve), Ō (fŌd). See Guide to Pronunciation, 10, 11.

Highadjective

Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.

Highadjective

Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.

Highadjective

Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; - used in a bad sense.

Highadverb

In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.

Highnoun

An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.

Highnoun

People of rank or high station; as, high and low.

Highnoun

The highest card dealt or drawn.

Highnoun

a lofty level or position or degree;

Highnoun

an air mass of higher than normal pressure;

Highnoun

a state of sustained elation;

Highnoun

a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics;

Highnoun

a high place;

Highnoun

a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12;

Highnoun

a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

Highadjective

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount;

Highadjective

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

Highadjective

standing above others in quality or position;

Highadjective

used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

Highadjective

happy and excited and energetic

Highadjective

used of the smell of game beginning to taint

Highadjective

slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

Highadverb

at a great altitude;

Highadverb

in or to a high position, amount, or degree;

Highadverb

in a rich manner;

Highadverb

far up toward the source;

Highadjective

of great vertical extent

Highadjective

(after a measurement and in questions) measuring a specified distance from top to bottom

Highadjective

far above ground, sea level, or another point of reference

Highadjective

extending above the normal level

Highadjective

(of an area) inland and well above sea level

Highadjective

performed at, to, or from a considerable height

Highadjective

(of latitude) close to 90°; near the North or South Pole

Highadjective

great, or greater than normal, in quantity, size, or intensity

Highadjective

of large numerical or monetary value

Highadjective

very favourable

Highadjective

extreme in religious or political views

Highadjective

(of a period or movement) at its peak

Highadjective

great in rank, status, or importance

Highadjective

ranking above others of the same kind

Highadjective

morally or culturally superior

Highadjective

(of a sound or note) having a frequency at the upper end of the auditory range

Highadjective

(of a singer or instrument) producing notes of relatively high pitch

Highadjective

feeling euphoric, especially from the effects of drugs or alcohol

Highadjective

(especially of food) unpleasantly strong-smelling because beginning to go bad

Highadjective

(of game) slightly decomposed and so ready to cook.

Highadjective

(of a vowel) produced with the tongue relatively near the palate.

Highnoun

a high point, level, or figure

Highnoun

a high-frequency sound or musical note

Highnoun

a high power setting

Highnoun

an area of high barometric pressure; an anticyclone.

Highnoun

top gear in a motor vehicle

Highnoun

a notably happy or successful moment

Highnoun

a state of high spirits or euphoria

Highnoun

high school

Highadverb

at or to a considerable or specified height

Highadverb

highly

Highadverb

at a high price

Highadverb

(of a sound) at or to a high pitch

Nighadjective

near, close by

Nighadjective

Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.

Nighverb

(ambitransitive) to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near

Nighadverb

Almost, nearly.

Nighpreposition

near; close to

Nighadjective

Not distant or remote in place or time; near.

Nighadjective

Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.

Nighadverb

In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.

Nighadverb

Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.

Nighverb

To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.

Nighpreposition

Near to; not remote or distant from.

Nighadjective

being on the left side;

Nighadjective

near in space or time

Nighadverb

near in time or place or relationship;

Nighadverb

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost';

Nigh

Nigh is a surname.

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