Definitions
At a great height; above average
Word origin
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-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend; crooked”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“A nightgown with a high neck and long sleeves may have the fullness set into a yoke.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Above average”4 letters
02“Far above the ground”4 letters
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