hi/high/hie

hi (hī)

Interjection

• Informal. Used to express greeting.

high (hī)

Adjective. _{^{high·er, high·est.}}

• Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward: a high mountain; a high tower.
• Far or farther from a reference point: was too high in the offensive zone to take a shot.
• Being at or near the peak or culminating stage: the high tourist season; high summer.
• Slightly spoiled or tainted; gamy. Used of meat.
• Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively large number of sound-wave cycles per second: the high tones of a flute.

Adverb. _{^{higher, highest}}

• At, in, or to a lofty position, level, or degree: saw a plane high in the sky; prices that had gone too high.
• In an extravagant or luxurious way: made a fortune and lived high.

Noun

• A lofty place or region.
• A high level or degree: Summer temperatures reached an all-time high.
• The high gear configuration of a transmission.
• A centre of high atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
• Slang. An intoxicated or euphoric condition induced by or as if by a drug.

hie (hī)

Verb. Intransitive & Transitive _{^{hied, hie·ing or hy·ing (hī'ĭng), hies.}}

• To go quickly; hasten