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High And Low

Definition: High And Low

High And Low

Adverb

1. Everywhere; "searched high and low".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Crosswords: High And Low

English words defined with "high and low": alkalosis, Anticyclonic stormblue chip, blue-chip stock, Broad Churchchoke, choke coil, choking coil, consonant shifting, constantan, cowberryDance of Death, delta rhythm, delta waveEureka, Evergladeflood tide, Fore shore, foxberryhalf-relief, high-lowIn high and lowkwashiorkorLevel of the sea, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, lunar time periodmezzo-relievo, mezzo-rilievo, mountain cranberry, Mountain sorrel, mud flatPitch farthingrising tide, Rubus fruticosusSaddle-backed, sea level, SiphonaridTeutonic languages, The more and less, tideVaccinium vitis-idaea. (references)

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Modern Usage: High And Low

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Lyrics

High and low. ("Goodbye Earl"; performing artist: Dixie Chicks)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: High And Low

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Books

  • Ambassadors at Sea: the High and Low Adventures of a Diplomat (reference)

  • Now Shoon the Romano Gillie: Traditional Verse in the High and Low Speech of the Gypsies of Britain (reference)

  • High and Low Erucic Acid Rapeseed Oils: Production, Usage, Chemistry and Toxicological Evaluation (reference)

  • Properties of Aluminum Alloys: Tensile, Creep, and Fatigue Data at High and Low Temperatures (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Tide Tables High And Low Water Predictions East Coast Of North And South America Including Greenland (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • High and Low - Criterion Collection (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: High And Low

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Open water between the high and low tide lines at Holland Cliffs Shores.Credit: America's Coastlines.

The Lighthouse at Triagoz. Plate 27, Figure 1. Shows high and low water. In: 'Memoir upon the Lighting, Beaconage, and Buoyage of the Coast of France" by M. Leonce Reynaud. Plates. Translated by Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins, U. S. N. 1871. Washington. Call Number TC 375 .R45 1871.Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: High And Low

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Health

There are extremes of high and low risk where it is possible to make recommendations about adjuvant systemic therapy. (references)

Because of the unique accessibility of almost all infants in the newborn nursery, the consensus panel recommends screening of all newborns, both high and low risk, for hearing impairment prior to hospital discharge. (references)

Assessment tools based on a single risk indicator are therefore unlikely to accurately discriminate between those at high and low risk. Multiple indicators, combined on an appropriate scale and accounting for possible interactions, will certainly be required. (references)

Business

In January and July 1997 retail sales recovered, at the high and low ends, respectively, and both have remained positive since. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: High And Low

Expressions using "high and low": In high and low search high and low. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: High And Low

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

high and low

31

hunting high and low

7

high and low pressure system

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: High And Low

Language Translations for "high and low"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

nga të katër anët, kudo (abroad, all over, anywhere, at every turn, everywhere, throughout). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

навсякъде (about, abroad, all around, anywhere, around, at every turn, everywhere, over, right-and-left, throughout, wide). (various references)

   

Czech

  

všude (all about, everywhere, throughout). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nagyok és kicsinyek. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

貴賎 , 貴賤 (all ranks), '輊 (disparity), 高低 (rise and fall), 尊卑 (aristocrat and plebeian), 上下 (an old ceremonial garb, going up and down, praising and blaming, samurai garb, the government and the people, the upper and the lower parts of the body, unloading and loading, up and down). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たかひく (rise and fall), きせ" (all ranks, base line, bright line, forestall, steamship), しょうか (anthem, berry, brothel, carol, commercial course, crystallization, digestion, extinguishing a fire, fire fighting, going up and down, hymn of praise, juicy fruit, mercantile house, merchant, nitrification, singing, slight mistake, songs, store, sublimation, summering, the government and the people), そ"ぴ (aristocrat and plebeian, at village expense, existent or non-existent, life or death, village expenses), うえした (praising and blaming, unloading and loading, up and down), "うてい (affirmation, amount of work, best pupil, brotherly love, campus, distance, emperor, filial piety, flight, leading disciple, mine-pit bottom, official, official residence, path length, place of ceremony, positive, public place, revision, rise and fall, run, sail, work schedule), け"ち (disparity, land survey, point of view), じょう' (praising and blaming, unloading and loading, up and down). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ighhay anday owlay

   

Romanian

  

oameni de toate categoriile. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

повсюду (abroad, all over, at every turn, everywhere, far and near, far and wide, passim). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

svuda (all over, everywhere, turn: at every turn, universally), na svakom mestu. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

överallt (all about, anywhere, at every turn, every place, everywhere, on all sides, over all, overall, throughout). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

her yerde aramak (search high and low), fellik fellik aramak (search high and low). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

beяikli-pesli (one and all). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: High And Low

LanguageDateSourceIsaiah Chapter 9, Verse 14
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintPresbuthn kai touV ta proswpa qaumazontaV auth h arch kai profhthn didaskonta anoma outoV h oura
Latin405VulgateEt disperdet Dominus ab Israhel caput et caudam incurvantem et refrenantem die una
Middle English1395WyclifAnd the Lord shal scatere fro Irael the hed and the tail, the inbowende and the shrewende, in o day.
Jacobean English1611King JamesTherefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Victorian English1833WebsterTherefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Basic English1964OgdenFor this cause the Lord took away from Israel head and tail, high and low, in one day.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: High And Low

LanguageIsaiah Chapter 9, Verse 14
CebuanoTungod niini pagaputlon ni Jehova gikan sa Israel ang ulo ug ikog, ang sanga sa palma ug kawayan, sa usa lamang ka adlaw.
CroatianStarješina i odliènik - to je glava; prorok, uèitelj laži - to je rep.
DanishDa hugger HERREN Hoved og Hale af Israel, Palme og Siv på en eneste Dag.
FinnishVanhin ja arvomies on pää, mutta profeetta, joka valhetta opettaa, on häntä.
GermanDarum wird der HERR abhauen von Israel beide, Kopf und Schwanz, beide, Ast und Stumpf, auf einen Tag.
Haitian CreoleYon sèl jou a, Seyè a ap koupe ni tèt pèp Izrayèl la ni ke l'. L'ap pini tout chèf pèp la, gwo kou piti.
HungarianEzért kivágja az Úr Izráelbõl a fõt és farkat, a pálmaágat és a kákát egy napon.
ItalianL'anziano e i notabili sono il capo, il profeta, maestro di menzogna, è la coda.
Korean이 러 므 로 여 호 와 께 서 하 루 사 이 에 이 스 라 엘 중 에 서 머 리 와 꼬 리 며 종 가 지 와 갈 대 를 끊 으 시 리 니
MaoriMo reira ka tapahia e Ihowa te upoko o Iharaira me te hiawero, te nikau me te wiwi, i te ra kotahi.
NorwegianDerfor avhugger Herren av Israel både hode og hale, både palmegren og siv, alt på en dag.
PortuguesePelo que o Senhor cortou de Israel a cabeça e a cauda, o ramo e o junco, num mesmo dia.   
RumanianDeaceea Domnul va smulge din Israel capul wi coada, ramura de finic wi trestia, kntr`o singurq zi.
SpanishPor eso en un mismo día Jehovah cortará de Israel la cabeza y la cola, la palmera y el junco.
SwedishDärför avhugger HERREN på Israel både huvud och svans, han hugger av både palmtopp och sävstrå, allt på en dag --

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: High And Low

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-g-h-h-i-l-n-o-w"

-2 letters: highland.

-3 letters: haloing, hidalgo, holding, howling, loading, whaling.

-4 letters: algoid, dawing, dialog, doling, dowing, ganoid, hading, hagdon, haling, haloid, hawing, holing, howdah, lading, ladino, lawing, ligand, lowing, wading, waling, whidah.

-5 letters: adown, aglow, ahold, algid, algin, align, aloin, along, awing, danio, dingo, diwan, doing, donga, gland, gonad, gonia, gowan, halid, hogan, honda, indol, indow.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: High And Low


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 69 67 68      41 6E 64      4C 6F 77

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01101001 01100111 01101000 00100000 01000001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01001100 01101111 01110111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#105 &#103 &#104 &#32 &#65 &#110 &#100 &#32 &#76 &#111 &#119

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0069 0067 0068      0041 006E 0064      004C 006F 0077

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4275737423580702468189

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Bible Trace
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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