See Also: degrading(dictionary)
LH-RH degrading endopeptidase(medicine)
vitellin-degrading protease(medicine)
amyloid A-degrading serine protease(medicine)
von Willebrand factor-degrading protease(medicine)
high-end(dictionary)
Ace High(casino)
high-hat(dictionary)
high(medicine)
New high-new low(money)

high-flying (iou) and degrading (oh)


high-flying (iou)



high-flying adjective. L16.
[from HIGH adverb + FLYING ppl adjective.]
Reaching great heights; ambitious; having great potential. L16.
T. Heald The General had tried to encourage high-flying state school applicants. Times The once high-flying shares of..Britain's biggest housebuilder fell to a 1983/84 low yesterday.
b. Extreme. L17.
That flies high. E17.

degrading (oh)



a degrading experience, event etc is unpleasant and makes you lose respect for yourself
degrading to
::Pornography is degrading to women and to the men that look at it.
::the degrading treatment that the prisoners receive in jail