What is the meaning of the word "high"?

Definitions:

(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high') adjective
- a high mountain
a high place noun
- they stood on high and observed the countryside
a lofty level or position or degree noun
- summer temperatures reached an alltime high
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12, short for "high school" noun
- All the kids in Mayberry go to Mayberry High.
a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics noun
- they took drugs to get a high on
a state of sustained elation noun
- I'm on a permanent high these days
an air mass of higher than normal pressure noun
- the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high
at a great altitude adverb
- We climbed high on the mountain, the view was breathtaking.
far up toward the source adverb
- We lived high up the river.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount adjective
- a high temperature
in a rich manner adverb
- They live high.
in or to a high position, amount, or degree adverb
- prices have gone up far too high
standing above others in quality or position adjective
- people in high places
used of sounds and voices adjective
- high in pitch or frequency