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( biology ) When an animal hibernates , it goes to sleep for the winter.

► hi • ber • na • tion / |haibar ' neijn / noun [ noncount ]

hic • cup / ' hikAp / noun [ count ]

a sudden noise that you make in your throat. You sometimes get the hiccups when you have eaten or drunk too quickly.

hide Ф / haid / verb

( hides , hid ing , hid / hid / has hid - den / ' hidn / ) 1 to put something where people cannot find it

hid the money under the bed.

to be or get in a place where people cannot see or find you

Someone was hiding behind the door.

to not tell or show something to someone She tried to hide her feelings.

hide-and-seek / |haid n sik / noun

[noncount]

a children's game in which one player covers his or her eyes while the other players hide, and then tries to find them

hid • e • ous / hidias / adjective

very ugly

That shirt is hideous!

hid • ing / ' haidig / noun [ noncount ] be in hiding ; go into hiding

to be in, or go into a place where people will not find you The escaped prisoners are believed to be in hiding.

hi •er•ar•chy aw / ' haiararki / [ count ] ( plural hi - er - ar .chies )

a system or organization that has many levels from the

lowest to the highest

the hierarchy of the Catholic Church

hi • er • o • glyph • ics / |haiara' glifiks / noun [ plural ]

( english language arts ) the system of writing that was used in ancient Egypt, in which a small picture represents a word or sound

high 1 © / hai / adjective ( high er , high est) Pronunciation

The word high sounds like my , because we don't say the letters -gh in this word.

Something that is high has a long distance between the top and the bottom

a high wall

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. The noun is height .

—ANTONYM low

You use high to say or ask how far something is from the bottom to the top

The table is 30 inches high. Style

We use tall , not high , to talk about people: How tall are you? ♦ He's six feet tall.

far from the ground a high shelf

—ANTONYM low

more than the usual level or amount The car was traveling at high speed . high temperatures

—ANTONYM low

A high sound is not deep

I heard the high voice of a little girl. —ANTONYM low

high 2© / hai/ adverb ( high er , high es )

a long way above the ground

The plane flew high above the clouds.

—ANTONYM low

high • er ed • u • ca • tion / haisr ed3s ' keijn

/ noun [ noncount ]

education at a college or university after the age of 18 —Look at continuing education . Collocations Higher education applying apply for college

apply to a college/a university/Harvard get into/go to college/Princeton studying major in/minor in biology/philosophy work toward a B.A./a law degree/a master's degree finishing finish/graduate from college

earn/receive/get a degree/a bachelor's degree/a master's degree

high jump

/ hai d3Amp / noun [ singular ]

high • lands / 'hailsnds / noun [ plural ]

( geography ) the part of a country with hills and mountains

the Scottish Highlands

( sports ) a sport where people jump over a high bar

high • light1awl / ' hailait / noun [ count ]

the best or most exciting part of something

The highlight of our vacation was seeing the Grand

Canyon.

high • light 2 AWL / ' hailait / verb ( high . lights , high . light . ing , high . light . ed )

to give special importance to something so that people notice it

The report highlighted the need for better inner-city schools.

to mark important parts of a text in a bright color

high • light • er / ' hailaitsr / noun [ count ]

a special pen for marking important parts of a text in a bright color a yellow highlighter