English-Thai Dictionary

heigh

INT คำอุทาน เพื่อ เรียกร้อง ความสนใจ  แสดง ความพอใจ  หรือ แปลกใจ  ฯลฯ  kam-u-tan-puea-riak-rong-kwam-son-jai-sa-daeng-kwam-po-jai-rue-plaek-jai

 

heigh-ho

INT คำอุทาน แสดง ความเหนื่อย ล้า  ผิดหวัง  ประหลาดใจ  เป็นต้น 

 

heigh-ho

INT คำอุทาน แสดง ความเหนื่อย ล้า  เบื่อหน่าย  ผิดหวัง  ฯลฯ  kam-u-tan-sa-daeng-kwam-nueai-la-buea-nai-phd-twang

 

height

N ความสูง  ระดับความสูง  altitude elevation kwam-suang

 

height

N จุด ที่ สูงสุด  จุดสุดยอด  jud-ti-sung-sud

 

height

N ระดับ ที่สูง ที่สุด  ra-dab-ti-sung-ti-sud

 

heighten

VT เพิ่ม  ทำให้ มากขึ้น  augment enlarge expand diminish lessen reduce poem

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HEIGH-HO

hi-ho. An exclamation expressing some degree of languor or uneasiness. Dryden has used it for the voice of exultation.

 

HEIGHT, HIGHTH, HIGHT

n.hite, or hith. 1. Elevation above the ground; any indefinite distance above the earth. The eagle flies at a great hight, or highth.
2. The altitude of an object; the distance which any thing rises above its foot, basis or foundation; as the hight, or highth of a tower or steeple.
3. Elevation of a star or other celestial luminary above the horizon.
4. Degree of latitude either north or south. In this application, the distance from the equator is considered as elevation. Latitudes are higher as they approach the pole.
Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the south.
5. Distance of one thing above another.
6. An eminence; a summit; an elevated part of any thing.
7. A hill or mountain; any elevated ground; as the hights of Dorchester.
8. Elevation of rank; station of dignity or office.
By him that raised me to this careful height.
9. Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts.
1 . Elevation in fame or reputation.
11. Utmost degree in extent or violence; as the highth or hight of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly, of happiness, of good breeding. So we say, the hight of a tempest.
12. Utmost exertion.
I shall now put you to the height of your breeding.
13. Advance; degree; progress towards perfection or elevation; speaking comparatively.
Social duties are carried to a greater height--by the principles of our religion.

 

HEIGHTEN

v.t.hitn. To raise higher; but not often used in this literal sense. 1. To advance in progress towards a better state; to improve; to meliorate; to increase in excellence or good qualities; as, to highten virtue; to highten the beauties of description, or of poetry.
2. To aggravate; to advance towards a worse state; to augment in violence.
3. To increase; as, to highten our relish for intellectual pleasure.

 

HEIGHTENED

pp. hitnd. Raised higher; elevated; exalted; advanced; improved; aggravated; increased.

 

HEIGHTENING

ppr. hitning. Raising; elevating; exalting; improving; increasing; aggravating.

 

HEIGHTENING

n.hitning. The act of elevating; increase of excellence; improvement. 1. Aggravation; augmentation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HEIGH-HO

HEIGH-HO Heigh "-ho (hi "-ho ), interj.

 

Defn: An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc. Shak.

 

HEIGHT

HEIGHT Height, n. [Written also hight. ] Etym: [OE. heighte, heght, heighthe,AS. heáh, fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. höjd, Dan. höide, Icel. hæ, Goth. hauhipa. See High. ]

 

1. The condition of being high; elevated position. Behold the height of the stars, how high they are! Job xxii. 12.

 

2. The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature. Bacon. [Goliath's ] height was six cubits and a span. 1 Sam. xvii. 4.

 

3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs. ] Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the south. Abp. Abbot.

 

4. That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights. Dryden.

 

5. Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preëminence or distinction in society; prominence. Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts. R. Browning. All would in his power hold, all make his subjects. Chapman.

 

6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree. Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion. Addison.

 

7. Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest. My grief was at the height before thou camest. Shak. On height, aloud. [Obs. ] [He ] spake these same words, all on hight. Chaucer.

 

HEIGHTEN

HEIGHTEN Height "en (hit "'n ), v. t. [Written also highten.] [imp. & p. p.Heightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Heightening. ]

 

1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

 

2. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint. "To heighten our confusion. " Addison. An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. Hawthorne.

 

HEIGHTENER

Height "en *er, n. Etym: [Written also hightener. ]

 

Defn: One who, or that which, heightens.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

heigh

heigh |hī, hā haɪ | ▶exclam. archaic expressing encouragement or inquiry. ORIGIN natural utterance: first recorded in Middle English.

 

heigh-ho

heigh-ho ▶exclam. informal expressing boredom, resignation, or jollity: it was like talking to a brick wall. Heigh-ho! | how pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho!

 

height

height |hīt haɪt | ▶noun 1 the measurement from base to top or (of a standing person ) from head to foot: columns rising to 65 feet in height | both men were of average height. • elevation above ground or a recognized level (typically sea level ): the glider is gaining height. • the quality of being tall or high: his height seems to work to his advantage. 2 a high place or area: he's terrified of heights. 3 the most intense part or period of something: the height of the tourist season | at the height of his career | they took consumerism to new heights. • an extreme instance or example of something: it would be the height of bad manners not to attend the wedding. ORIGIN Old English hēhthu (in the sense ‘top of something ’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoogte, also to high .

 

heighten

height en |ˈhītn ˈhaɪtn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (something ) higher. • make or become more intense: [ with obj. ] : the pleasure was heightened by the sense of guilt that accompanied it | [ no obj. ] : concern over CFCs has heightened | (as adj. heightened ) : the heightened color of her face.

 

heightism

height ism |ˈhītizəm ˌhaɪtɪzəm | ▶noun prejudice or discrimination against someone on the basis of their height. DERIVATIVES height ist adjective & noun

 

height of land

height of land ▶noun a watershed.

 

Oxford Dictionary

heigh

heigh |heɪ | ▶exclamation archaic expressing encouragement or enquiry. ORIGIN natural utterance: first recorded in Middle English.

 

heigh-ho

heigh-ho |ˈheɪhəʊ | ▶exclamation informal expressing boredom, resignation, or jollity: heigh-ho —then it is footslogging again | how pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho!

 

height

height |hʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top: columns rising to 65 feet in height | he was of medium height. • the quality of being tall or high: her height marked her out from other women. 2 elevation above ground or a recognized level (typically sea level ): the glider is gaining height. • [ count noun ] a high place or position: he's terrified of heights. 3 [ in sing. ] the point or period at which something is at its best or strongest: the height of the tourist season | (heights ) : they took consumerism to new heights. • an extreme example of something: it would be the height of bad manners not to attend the wedding. ORIGIN Old English hēhthu (in the sense ‘top of something ’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoogte, also to high .

 

heighten

height ¦en |ˈhʌɪt (ə )n | ▶verb 1 make or become more intense: [ with obj. ] : the pleasure was heightened by the sense of guilt that accompanied it | (as adj. heightened ) : the heightened colour of her face | [ no obj. ] : concern over CFCs has heightened. 2 [ with obj. ] make (something ) higher.

 

heightism

heightism |ˈhʌɪtɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] prejudice or discrimination against someone on the basis of their height. DERIVATIVES heightist adjective & noun

 

height of land

height of land ▶noun N. Amer. a watershed.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

height

height noun 1 the height of the wall: size, tallness, extent upward, vertical measurement, elevation, stature, altitude. ANTONYMS width. 2 the mountain heights: summit, top, peak, crest, crown, tip, cap, pinnacle, apex, brow, ridge. ANTONYMS base. 3 the height of their fame: highest point, crowning moment, peak, acme, zenith, apogee, pinnacle, climax, high-water mark. ANTONYMS nadir. 4 the height of bad manners: epitome, acme, zenith, quintessence, very limit; ultimate, utmost; ne plus ultra. 5 (heights ) he is terrified of heights: high places, high ground; precipices, cliffs. WORD LINKS acrophobia extreme fear of heights Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

heighten

heighten verb 1 the roof had to be heightened: raise, make higher, lift (up ), elevate. ANTONYMS lower. 2 her pleasure was heightened by guilt: intensify, increase, enhance, add to, augment, boost, strengthen, deepen, magnify, amplify, aggravate, reinforce. ANTONYMS reduce.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

height

height noun 1 we measured the height of the wall | three metres in height: highness, tallness, loftiness, distance upwards, extent upwards, vertical measurement, elevation, stature, altitude, distance above the ground; vertical distance above sea level. 2 his eyes swept around the mountain heights: summit, top, peak, crest, crown, tip, cap, pinnacle, apex, vertex, brow, ridge, highest point, hilltop, mountain top; French aiguille, serac. ANTONYMS base. 3 they were at the height of their fame: high point, highest point, crowning moment, culminating point, peak, acme, apotheosis, zenith, apogee, pinnacle, climax, culmination, consummation, high water mark. ANTONYMS nadir, low point. 4 it would be the height of bad manners not to attend the wedding: epitome, acme, zenith, quintessence, limit, very limit, culmination, ultimate, utmost; Latin ne plus ultra. 5 (heights ) he is terrified of heights: high places, sheer drops, steep inclines, high ground, steep ground; precipices, cliffs. WORD LINKS height alti-, hypso-, acro- related prefixes altimetry, hypsometry measurement of height acrophobia fear of heights Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

heighten

heighten verb 1 raising the floor level meant the roof had to be heightened: make higher, raise, lift, lift up, elevate, upraise. ANTONYMS lower. 2 the pleasure was heightened by the sense of guilt that accompanied it: intensify, increase, enhance, make greater, add to, raise, augment, boost, strengthen, sharpen, deepen, magnify, amplify, reinforce; aggravate, make worse, worsen, exacerbate, inflame, compound. ANTONYMS reduce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

heigh-ho

heigh-ho /hèɪhóʊ, -́-̀ /間投詞 あーあ, やれやれ (!軽い驚き 悲嘆 退屈 疲労などを表す ) .

 

height

height /haɪt / (! -ei-は /aɪ /; -ghtは /t /) →high 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 C U 身長 , 背たけ ; (下部から上部までの )高さ ; U (高さが )高いこと ▸ one's height and weight 身長と体重 ▸ The building is over 150 feet in height .その建物は150フィート以上の高さがある ▸ draw oneself up to [rise to ] one's full height 背筋をぴんと伸ばしまっすぐ立つ .2 C U 高度, 海抜 ▸ fly at a height of 9,000 feet 9千フィートの高度で飛ぶ ▸ gain [lose ] height 高度を上げる [下げる ].3 C 〖通例 ～s 〗高い所 ; 高台 , 高地 , 高原 ▸ I am afraid of heights .私は高所恐怖症である ▸ the Golan Heights ゴラン高原 .4 〖通例単数形で 〗(成功 流行 贅沢 （ぜいたく ）などの )頂点, 極地 ; (暑さ 忙しさ 名声などの )ピーク, 盛り ▸ the height of the winter sports ウィンタースポーツの真っ盛り ▸ be at the height of one's fame 名声の絶頂にある .

 

heighten

height en /háɪt (ə )n /〖height (高く )en (する )〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 〈感情 効果など 〉を強める , 増す , 高める , 激しくする (intensify )(↔lessen )▸ heighten public awareness about animal welfare 動物保護に関して一般の意識を高める .自動詞 〈感情などが 〉増す , 強まる , 高まる ▸ Arab-Israeli tensions heightened .アラブ イスラエル間の緊張が高まった .

 

heightened

h é ight ened 形容詞 〈認識などが 〉高まった, 増大した .