OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 3822

high

/haɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alto • elevado
Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain
Upon the highest spray of every mounting pole, Those Quirristers are pearcht with many a speckled breast.
alto
Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
The note was too high for her to sing.
colocado • drogado
Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
"Three extremely high people showing up at the animal shelter like WE FOUND A DOG would be really funny, but..."