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What is the adjective for height?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs heighten, high and highen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

high
  1. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
    1. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
    2. (baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.
  2. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
  3. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
  4. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
    1. Most exalted; foremost.
  5. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
  6. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
    1. Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
  7. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
  8. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
  9. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
  10. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
  11. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haugty, boastful, proud.
  12. (with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
  13. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
  14. Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
    1. Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
  15. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
  16. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
  17. (card game) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
    1. (poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
    2. (of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
  18. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
  19. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century) usually alcohol, but now (by the mid 20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
  20. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
  21. Synonyms:
  22. Examples:
    1. “The view from the summit of the high mountain was spectacular.”
      “Catching the high ball is a very useful skill for the full back and wings in the game of rugby.”
      “He was promoted to a high position in government and set about pushing for the policies he advocated to be enacted.”
heightless
  1. Without height.
  2. (poetic, archaic) boundless, infinite
heightened
  1. increased in intensity or concentration; elevated, stepped-up
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He also did away with the heightened platform which his predecessors used as a throne to greet visitors.”
      “Her head pounded, every scent and sound heightened and excruciating.”
heightist
  1. Pertaining to, or exhibiting, the prejudice of heightism.
higher
  1. comparative form of high: more high
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The view from the summit of the higher mountain will be even more spectacular.”
      “Catching balls that are higher in the air is a very useful skill for the full back and wings in the game of rugby.”
      “He was promoted to a higher position in government and set about pushing for the policies he advocated to be enacted.”
highering
  1. Rising higher; ascending.
higharched
  1. Having a high arch.
  2. Examples:
    1. “There was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep.”
highbacked
  1. Having a high back.
highish
  1. Somewhat high.
highmost
  1. (obsolete) highest
highest
  1. superlative form of high: most high
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The power conferred is so wide that it must necessarily be exercised by the highest officer in order to ensure fairness.”
      “It was the highest floor in the building, and as the elevator opened they walked out and went down about five rooms.”
      “Mount McKinley or Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,237 feet above sea level.”
heightening
highed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of high
highing
  1. present participle of high
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