Definition of UP

up

Meanings

Plural: ups

Verb

  • raise
    • "up the ante"
  • To physically raise or lift.
  • To increase the level or amount of.
  • To promote.
  • To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
  • To ascend; to climb up.
  • To upload.

Adjective

  • being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
    • "the anchor is up"
    • "the sun is up"
    • "he lay face up"
    • "he is up by a pawn"
    • "the market is up"
    • "the corn is up"

Adjective Satellite

  • out of bed
    • "up by seven each morning"
  • getting higher or more vigorous
    • "its an up market"
  • extending or moving toward a higher place
    • "the up staircase"
    • "a general upward movement of fish"
  • (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness
    • "he was up on his homework"
    • "had to be up for the game"
  • open
    • "the windows are up"
  • (used of computers) operating properly
    • "how soon will the computers be up?"
  • used up
    • "time is up"

Adverb

  • spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
    • "look up!"
    • "the music surged up"
    • "the fragments flew upwards"
    • "prices soared upwards"
    • "upwardly mobile"
  • to a higher intensity
    • "he turned up the volume"
  • nearer to the speaker
    • "he walked up and grabbed my lapels"
  • to a more central or a more northerly place
    • "was transferred up to headquarters"
    • "up to Canada for a vacation"
  • to a later time
    • "they moved the meeting date up"
    • "from childhood upward"

Adv

  • Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.
  • Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
  • Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.
  • To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
  • Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.
  • To an upright or erect position.
  • Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.
  • To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
  • Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as "up".
  • To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
  • Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as "up".
  • To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
  • Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as "up".
  • Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
  • Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as "up".
  • Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
  • Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as "up".
  • To university, especially to Cambridge or Oxford.
  • Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as "up".
  • Against the wind or current.
  • Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as "up".
  • Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
  • Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as "up".
  • In a positive vertical direction.
  • 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.
  • Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
  • To one's possession or consideration.
  • From one's possession or consideration.
  • Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
  • Relatively close to the batsman.
  • Without additional ice.

Prep

  • Toward the top of.
  • Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
  • From south to north of.
  • Further along (in any direction).
  • From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
  • Of a person: having sex with.
  • At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).

Adj

  • Facing upwards.
  • On or at a physically higher level.
  • Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
  • Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
  • Available to view or use; made public; posted.
  • Aloft.
  • Raised; lifted.
  • Built, constructed.
  • Standing; upright.
  • Risen up, rebelling, in revolt.
  • Awake and out of bed.
  • Riding the horse; mounted.
  • Above the horizon, in the sky.
  • Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
  • Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
  • Ahead; leading; winning.
  • Finished, to an end
  • In a good mood.
  • Willing; ready.
  • Next in a sequence.
  • Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
  • Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
  • Well-informed; current.
  • Functional; working.
  • Traveling towards a major terminus.
  • Chilled and served without ice.
  • Erect.
  • At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
  • well-known; renowned

Noun

  • The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
  • A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
  • An up quark.
  • An upstairs room of a two story house.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English up, from Old English upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, see more there.

Synonyms

alley oop, astir, improving, upward, upwardly, upwards

Scrabble Score: 4

up is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
up is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
up is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

up is a valid Words With Friends word