up, astir(p)
(adjective) out of bed; âare they astir yet?â; âup by seven each morningâ
up
(adjective) used up; âtime is upâ
up
(adjective) (used of computers) operating properly; âhow soon will the computers be up?â
up
(adjective) open; âthe windows are upâ
up
(adjective) (usually followed by âonâ or âforâ) in readiness; âhe was up on his homeworkâ; âhad to be up for the gameâ
improving, up
(adjective) getting higher or more vigorous; âits an up marketâ; âan improving economyâ
up
(adjective) being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; âthe anchor is upâ; âthe sun is upâ; âhe lay face upâ; âhe is up by a pawnâ; âthe market is upâ; âthe corn is upâ
up, upwards, upward, upwardly
(adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; âlook up!â; âthe music surged upâ; âthe fragments flew upwardsâ; âprices soared upwardsâ; âupwardly mobileâ
up, upwards, upward
(adverb) to a later time; âthey moved the meeting date upâ; âfrom childhood upwardâ
up
(adverb) to a more central or a more northerly place; âwas transferred up to headquartersâ; âup to Canada for a vacationâ
up
(adverb) nearer to the speaker; âhe walked up and grabbed my lapelsâ
up
(adverb) to a higher intensity; âhe turned up the volumeâ
up
(verb) raise; âup the anteâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
UP
Initialism of Upper Peninsula.
(India) Initialism of Uttar Pradesh.
(software) Initialism of Unified Process.
• (software): RUP
• P U, PU
up (not comparable)
Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
(intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
To or from one's possession or consideration.
North.
To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
Aside, so as not to be in use.
(rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
(sailing) Against the wind or current.
(Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
(cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
(hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
(UK, academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
• (away from the centre of the Earth): alley oop (rare)
• (away from the centre of the Earth): down
• (louder): down
• (higher in pitch): down
• (towards the principal terminus): down
up
Toward the top of.
Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
Further along (in any direction).
From south to north of
From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
(vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
(colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
• (toward the top of): down
up (not comparable)
Awake.
Finished, to an end
In a good mood.
Willing; ready.
Next in a sequence.
Happening; new.
Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
Larger; greater in quantity.
Ahead; leading; winning.
Standing.
On a higher level.
Available; made public.
(poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
Well-informed; current.
(computing) Functional; working.
(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
(bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
(slang) Erect.
(of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
(slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
(horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
• (facing upwards): down
• (on a higher level): down
• (computing: Functional): down
• (traveling towards a major terminus): down
up (usually uncountable, plural ups)
(uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
(countable) A positive thing.
An upstairs room of a two story house.
• Up is not commonly used as object of a preposition.
• (direction opposed to the pull of gravity): down
up (third-person singular simple present ups, present participle upping, simple past and past participle upped)
(transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
Synonym: turn up
(transitive, colloquial) To promote.
(intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
(intransitive) To ascend; to climb up.
(computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
• P U, PU
Source: Wiktionary
2 November 2024
(noun) a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; âshe got a reputation as a frumpâ; âsheâs a real dogâ
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