high
adjective (DISTANCE) /haɪ/Definition
A2 (especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top to bottom: a high building/mountain high ceilings It's two and a half metres high and one metre wide. The corn grew waist-high (= as high as a person's waist) in the fields.High, tall and deep
(Definition of high adjective (DISTANCE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- deep adjective, adverb
- dwarf verb
- elevated adjective
- eye level noun
- full-length adjective (REACHING FLOOR)
- gawky adjective
- height noun
- high adverb
- lofty adjective (POSITION)
- profundity noun (EXTREME QUALITY)
- rear above/over sth/sb phrasal verb
- six-footer noun
- stand verb (HEIGHT)
- stature noun (HEIGHT)
- tall adjective
- tallish adjective
- tower verb
- towering adjective
- up- prefix
Topic:
High, tall and deep
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