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Look up: High

  1. High
    High is slang for a pleasantly intoxicated state. Usually these days with regard to drug taking.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. High
    Also known as an 'anticyclone' - an area of high air pressure with a system of winds rotating outwards. This usually means dry weather. It is the opposite of a 'low'.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/weatherwise

  3. high
    The highest price that was paid for a stock during a certain period.
    Found on http://www.stockbrokers.barclays.co.uk/c

  4. high
    [adj] - used of sounds and voices 2. [adj] - greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount 3. [adj] - (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high`) 4. [adj] - slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) 5. [adj] - happy and excited and energetic 6. [adv] - in a rich manner 7. [adv] - in or to a high position, amount, or degree 8. [adv] - far up toward the source 9. [adv] - at a great altitude 10. [n] - an air mass of higher than normal pressure 11. [n] - a state of sustained elation 12. [n] - a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics 13. [n] - a high place 14. [n] - a lofty level or position or degree
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. high
    Experiencing the sensation of drugs. Category: General • sur un tableau sociologique, échelle à trois degrés.....--in or to a high position, amount or degree Category: Statistics
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. High
    The highest price that a security traded at during a certain time period.
    Found on http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb

  7. High
    High intransitive verb [ See Hie .] To hie. [ Obsolete] « Men must high them apace, and make haste.» Holland.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/44

  8. High
    High adjective [ Compar. Higher ; superl. Highest .] [ Middle English high , hegh , hey , heh , Anglo-Saxon heáh , h...h ; akin to Old Saxon h...h , OFries. hag , hach , Dutch hoog , Old High German h...h , German hoch , Icelandic h...r , ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/44

  9. High
    High adverb In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully. 'And reasoned high .' Milton. 'I can not reach so high .' Shak. » High is extensively used in the formation of compound words, most of which are of very obvious signification; as, high -aimed, high -arc ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/44

  10. High
    High noun 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. High, low, jack, and the game , a game at cards; -- also called all fours , old sledge , and seven up . -- In high and low , ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/44

  11. High
    High intransitive verb To rise; as, the sun higheth . [ Obsolete]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/44

  12. high
    1. 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. ... 2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; used indefinitely or relatively, and oft ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. high
    in high spirits adjective happy and excited and energetic
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. high
    mellow adjective slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. high
    high up adverb at a great altitude; `he climbed high on the ladder`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. high
    heights noun a high place; `they stood on high and observed the countryside`; `he doesn`t like heights`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. high
    noun a lofty level or position or degree; `summer temperatures reached an all-time high`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. high
    adjective used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. high
    adverb in a rich manner; `he lives high`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  20. High
    `High` might refer to: * Height * Experiencing the effects of psychoactive drugs * High temperature, in weather forecasting * `High`, A Canadian film from 1967. `In Music:` * `High (Lighthouse Family song)`, a single by British duo Lighthouse Family * `High` (Feeder song), a 1997 single by British indie rock band Feeder * `High` (James Blunt song), a song by James Blunt * `High` (The Cure song), a song by The Cure * High (metal album) a Flotsam...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High

  21. High
    • (superl.) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. • (n.) People of rank or high station; as, high and low. • (superl.) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles. • (superl.) Strong-scented; sli...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  22. high
    1. a lofty level or position or degree
    2. a state of sustained elation
    3. a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
    4. a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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