up

/ p/
Verb
  1. raise
    • up the ante
Adverb
  1. to a later time
    • they moved the meeting date up
    • from childhood upward
  2. to a more central or a more northerly place
    • was transferred up to headquarters
    • up to Canada for a vacation
  3. nearer to the speaker
    • he walked up and grabbed my lapels
  4. to a higher intensity
    • he turned up the volume
  5. 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
Adjective
  1. used up
    • time is up
  2. (used of computers) operating properly
    • how soon will the computers be up?
  3. open
    • the windows are up
  4. (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness
    • he was up on his homework
    • had to be up for the game
  5. extending or moving toward a higher place
    • the up staircase
    • a general upward movement of fish
  6. getting higher or more vigorous
    • its an up market
    • an improving economy
  7. out of bed
    • are they astir yet?
    • up by seven each morning
  8. 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

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