From Middle English hiȝe, huȝe, huiȝe, huie, hige, from Old English hyġe (“thought, mind, heart, disposition, intention, courage, pride”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, sense”), of unknown origin. Cognate with North Frisian huwggje (“mind, sense”), Middle Low German höge, hoge (“thought, meaning, mood, happiness”), Middle High German hüge, huge, hoge (“mind, spirit, memory”), Danish hu (“mind”), Swedish håg (“mind, inclination”), Icelandic hugur (“mind”). Related to Hugh.
high (plural highs)
From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *keuk- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”), a suffixed form of *keu-. Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), Eastern Frisian hag (“high”), West Frisian heech (“high”), Dutch hoog (“high”), Low German hog (“high”), German hoch (“high”), Swedish hög (“high”), Icelandic hár (“high”), Lithuanian kaukas (“bump, boil, sore”), Russian куча (kúcha, “pile, heap, stack, lump”).
hi (informal)
high (comparative higher, superlative highest)
Being elevated in position or status, a state of being above many things.
Tall, lofty, at a great distance above the ground (at high altitude).
(figuratively) Noble, especially of motives, intentions, etc.
(slang) Under the influence of a mood-affecting drug or (less common) alcohol.
(acoustics) Of greater frequency, i.e. with more rapid wave oscillations.
(of a body of water) With tall waves. [quotations ▼]
(of meat, especially venison) Decomposing, rotting (to an extent which is desired by some).
-elevated
-tall, lofty
-slang: stoned
-of great or large quantity
-acoustics: of greater frequency
-of meat: decomposing
high (comparative higher, superlative highest)
In or to an elevated position.
In or at a great value.
In a pitch of great frequency.
The adverb high and the adverb highly shouldn't be mistaken.
in or at an elevated position
in or at a great value
in or at an elevated position
high (plural highs)
A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs
(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.
high (third-person singular simple present highs, present participle highing, simple past and past participle highed)
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High may refer to:
High (atmospheric), a high pressure area
High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory
High (technical analysis), or top, an event in market-price fluctuations of a security
High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift took or takes place
Substance intoxication, also known by the slang description "being high"
Sugar high, the acute physical and psychological effects of the molecule sucrose
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Adjectives
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stoked {adj} [sl.] [with drugs] high
high {adj} [coll.] [on drugs] high [ugs.] [unter Rauschgifteinfluss]
high {adj} hochgradig
high {adj} hell [Klangblende, Ton]
high {adj} {adv} [coll.] [on drugs] auf Droge [ugs.] [unter Rauschgifteinfluss]
high {adj} [slightly decomposed] angegangen [Fleisch] [bes. ostmd.]
high {adj} [venison] mit Hautgout [nachgestellt] [Wildbret]
stoned {adj} [sl.] high [ugs.]
zonked {adj} [Am.] [sl.] high [ugs.]
Substantive
high Höchststand {m}
High meteo. Hochdruckgebiet {n}
high [sl.] drugs Drogenrausch {m}
high Höchstkurs {m}
high [coll.] drugs Dröhnung {f} [ugs.] [Rausch]
high [coll.] Rausch {m} [Drogenrausch]
high [esp. Am.] [coll.] [high school] Highschool {f}
Rausch bezeichnet einen emotionalen Zustand übersteigerter Ekstatase, bzw. ein intensives Glücksgefühl, das jemanden über seine normale Gefühlslage hinaushebt[1] Im medizinischen Sinne ist er, losgelöst von etwaigen Glücksgefühlen, definiert als „Ein Zustandsbild nach Aufnahme einer psychotropen Substanz mit Störungen von Bewusstseinslage, kognitiven Fähigkeiten, Wahrnehmung, Affekt und Verhalten oder anderer psychophysiologischer Funktionen und Reaktionen. Die Störungen stehen in einem direkten Zusammenhang mit den akuten pharmakologischen Wirkungen der Substanz […]“ (Deutsches Institut für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information: ICD-10-GM Version 2010)
Eine Unterteilung in einfacher und pathologischer Rausch ist aus medizinischer Sicht nicht angebracht, da erstens die Datenlage zu sog. „pathologischen Räuschen“ spärlich ist und zweitens der einfache Rausch schwerlich als nicht-pathologisch bezeichnet werden kann.[2]
Des Weiteren wird auch die Ekstase (siehe dort) als „Rausch der Sinne“ betrachtet.
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[1] duden.de: Rausch
[2] Mathias Berger (Hrsg.): Psychische Erkrankungen – Klinik und Therapie. 3. Auflage. Elsevier, München, Jena 2009, ISBN 978-3-437-22481-2.