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Up

adverb

1.

Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position. Synonyms: upward, upwardly, upwards. "The music surged up" , "The fragments flew upwards" , "Prices soared upwards" , "Upwardly mobile" Antonyms: downward, downwardly, downwards, down.

2.

To a higher intensity. Antonym: down.

3.

Nearer to the speaker.

4.

To a more central or a more northerly place. "Up to Canada for a vacation" Antonym: down.

5.

To a later time. Synonyms: upward, upwards. "From childhood upward"

verb

1.

Raise.

adjective

1.

Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level. "The sun is up" , "He lay face up" , "He is up by a pawn" , "The market is up" , "The corn is up" Antonym: down.

2.

Out of bed. Synonym: astir. "Up by seven each morning"

3.

Getting higher or more vigorous. Synonym: improving. "An improving economy"

4.

Extending or moving toward a higher place. Synonym: upward. "A general upward movement of fish"

5.

(usually followed by 'on' or 'for') in readiness. "Had to be up for the game"

6.

Open.

7.

(used of computers) operating properly.

8.

Used up.

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— Messages and Papers of Rutherford B. Hayes - A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents • James D. Richardson

... up silently in her face, as if would have spoken, but his spirit sunk a while, and his eyes became heavy and dull. She felt that look at her heart. 'My dear father!' she exclaimed; and then, checking herself, pressed his hand closer, and hid her face with her handkerchief. Her ...

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