plural of high tide

(fashion) Haute couture.

(of a system) Requiring a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning, and without which it is likely to break down.

as high as would reach to the waist (of a standing person)

Most sophisticated or expensive / Appealing to sophisticated or discerning tastes

(uncountable) An athletics event where a competitor must jump over a bar placed gradually higher and higher.

Possessing a bold nature. / Energetic, exuberant, or high-strung.

(countable) A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker. / Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany.

From or pertaining to the southern region of Germany; speaking High German. / Written or spoken in High German; pertaining to High German.

pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative / lofty, extravagant, refined