UP, adverb
1. Aloft; on high
But up or down -
2. Out of bed. He is not up
3. Having risen from a seat.
Sir Roger was up
4. From a state of concealment or discumbiture.
5. In a state of being built.
UP with my tent.
6. Above the horizon. The sun is up
7. To a state of excitement. He was wrought up to a rage.
8. To a state of advance or proficiency.
- Till we have wrought ourselves up to this degree of christian indifference.
9. In a state of elevation or exaltation.
Those that were up kept others low.
10. In a state of climbing or ascending. We went up to the city or town.
11. In a state of insurrection.
The gentle archbishop of York is up
My soul is up in arms.
12. In a state of being increased or raised. The river is up; the flood is up
13. In a state of approaching; as up comes a fox.
14. In order. He drew up his regiment.
15. From younger to elder years; as from his youth up
1. up and down, from one place to another; here and there.
2. From one state or position to another; backwards and forwards.
1. up to, to an equal highth with; as up to the chin in water.
2. To a degree or point adequate. Live up to the principles professed.
UP with, raise; life; as, up with the fist; up with the timber.
UP is much used to modify the actions expressed by verbs. It is very often useful and necessary; very often useless.
To bear up to sustain.
To go up to ascend.
To lift up to raise.
To get up to rise from bed or a seat.
To bind up to bind together.
To blow up to inflate; to distend; to inflame.
To grow up to grow to maturity.
UP stream, from the mouth towards the head of a stream; against the stream; hence up is in a direction towards the head of a stream or river; as up the country.
UP sound, in the direction from the sea; opposed to down sound, that is, in the direction of the ebb tide.
UP is used elliptically for get up expressing a command or exhortation.
UP, let us be going. Judges 19:5.
UP, preposition From a lower to a higher place. Go up the hill.
UPBEAR, verb transitive preterit tense upbore; participle passive upborne. [up and bear. See Bear.]
1. To raise aloft; to life; to elevate.
2. To sustain aloft; to support in an elevated situation.
Upborne they fly.
3. To support; to sustain.
UPBIND, verb transitive To bind up.
UPBLOW, verb transitive To blow up. [Not used.]
UPBRA'ID, verb transitive
1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast in the teeth; followed by with or for, before the thing imputed; as, to upbraid a man for his folly or his intemperance.
Yet do not upbraid us with our distress.
He upbraided them with their unbelief. Mark 16:14.
[The use of to and of, after upbraid as to upbraid a man of his gain by iniquity, to upbraid to a man his evil practices, has been long discontinued.]
2. To reproach; to chide.
God who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not. James 1:5.
3. To reprove with severity.
Then he began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done - Matthew 11:20.
4. To bring reproach on.
How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
5. To treat with contempt. obsolete
UPBRA'IDED, participle passive Charged with something wrong or disgraceful; reproached; reproved.
UPBRA'IDER, noun One who upbraids or reproves.
UPBRA'IDING, participle present tense Accusing; casting in the teeth; reproaching; reproving.
UPBRA'IDING, noun
1. A charging with something wrong or disgraceful; the act of reproaching or reproving.
I have too long borne your blunt upbraidings.
2. The reproaches or accusations of conscience.
UPBRAY, for upbraid, to shame, is not in use.
UPBROUGHT, adjective upbraut'. Brought up; educated. [Not in use.]
UP'CAST, adjective
1. Cast up; a term in bowling.
2. Thrown upwards; as with upcast eyes.
UP'CAST, noun In bowling, a cast; a throw.
UPDRAW', verb intransitive To draw up. [Not in use.]
'UPED, adjective Moistened or tinged with sirup or sweet juice.
UPGATH'ER, verb transitive To contract. [Not in use.]
UPGROW, verb intransitive To grow up. [Not in use.]
UP'HAND, adjective Lifted by the hand.
UPHE'AVE, verb transitive To heave or lift up.
UPHELD', preterit tense and participle passive of uphold. Sustained; supported.
UP'HILL, adjective Difficult, like the act of ascending a hill; as uphill labor.
UPHOARD, verb transitive To hoard up. [Not used.]
UPHOLD, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive upheld. [Upholden is obsolete.]
1. To lift on high; to elevate.
2. To support; to sustain; to keep from falling or slipping.
Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. Proverbs 29:23.
3. To keep from declension.
4. To support in any state.
5. To continue; to maintain.
6. To keep from being lost.
Faulconbridge, in spite of spite, along upholds the day.
7. To continue without failing.
8. To continue in being.
UPHOLDER, noun
1. One that upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.
2. An undertaker; one who provides for funerals.
UPHOLSTERER, noun [from up and hold.] One who furnishes houses with beds, curtains and the like.
UPHOLSTERY, noun Furniture supplied by upholsterers.
UP'LAND, noun [up and land.] High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry. It is opposed to meadow, march, swamp, interval, etc. Uplands are particularly valuable as affording pasture for sheep.
UP'LAND, adjective
1. Higher in situation; being on upland; as upland inhabitants.
2. Pertaining to uplands; as upland pasturage.
UPLAND'ISH, adjective Pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands or mountains.
UPLA'Y, verb transitive To lay up; to hoard. [Not in use.]
UPLE'AD, verb transitive To lead upwards.
UPLED', participle passive Led upwards.
UPLIFT', verb transitive To raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm. It is chiefly used in the participle; as uplifted eyes; uplifted arms.
UPLIFT'ED, participle passive Raised high; lifted; elevated.
UPLOOK', verb transitive To look up. [Not in use.]
UP'MOST, adjective [up and most.] Highest; topmost. [Little used. We generally use uppermost.]
UPON', preposition
1. Resting or being on the top or surface; as being upon a hill, or upon a rock; upon a field; upon a table; upon a river; upon the altar; upon the roof. He has his coat upon his back; his hat is upon his head.
2. In a state of resting or dependence; as upon this condition; he will contract with you upon these terms. upon our repentance we hope to be forgiven.
3. Denoting resting, as a burden. Impose upon yourself this task.
4. In the direction or part of; as upon the right hand.
5. Relating to. They are now engaged upon the affairs of the bank.
6. In consideration of; as upon the whole matter.
7. Near to; as a village upon the Thames.
8. With, or having received. He came upon an hour's warning.
9. On the occasion of; engaged in for the execution of. He sent the officer upon a bold enterprise.
10. In; during the time of; as upon the seventh day; upon the first of January.
11. Noting security; as, to borrow money upon lands, or upon mortgage.
12. Noting approach or attack.
The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. Judges 16:3.
13. Noting exposure or incurring some danger or loss. You do this upon pain of death, or upon the penalties of the law.
14. At the time of; on occasion of. What was their conduct upon this event?
15. By inference from, or pursuing a certain supposition. upon his principles, we can have no stable government.
16. Engaged in. What is he upon?
17. Having a particular manner. The horse is now upon a hard trot.
18. Resting or standing, as on a condition. He is put upon his good behavior.
19. Noting means of subsistence or support. Cattle live upon grass.
20. Noting dependence for subsistence; as, paupers come upon the parish or town.
To take upon to assume.
To assume upon in law, to promise; to undertake.
UP'PER, adjective [comparative from up.]
1. Higher in place; as the upper lip; the upper side of a thing. An upper story is a higher one; the upper story is the highest. So the upper deck of a ship.
2. Superior in rank or dignity; as the upper house of a legislature.
Upper hand, advantage; superiority.
Upper-works, in a ship, the parts above water when the ship is properly balanced for a voyage; or that part which is above the main wale.
UP'PERMOST, adjective [superlative; upper and most.]
1. Highest in place; as the uppermost seats.
2. Highest in power or authority.
Whatever faction happens to be uppermost -
3. Predominant; most powerful.
UPRA'ISE, verb transitive s as z. [up and raise.] To raise; to lift up.
UPRE'AR, verb transitive [up and rear.] To rear up; to raise.
UPRIGHT, adjective upri'te or up'rite. [up and right. This word is marked in books with the accent on the first syllable. But it is frequently pronounced with the accent on the second, and the accent on the first syllable of its derivatives is inadmissible.]
1. Erect; perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; as an upright tree; an upright post. Among mechanics, plumb.
2. Erected; pricked up; shooting directly from the body.
All have their ears upright -
With chatt'ring teeth and bristling hair upright
3. Honest; just; adhering to rectitude in all social intercourse; not deviating from correct moral principles; as an upright man. Job 1:1.
4. Conformable to moral rectitude.
Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.
UP'RIGHT, noun
1. In architecture, a representation or draught of the front of a building; called also an elevation, or orthography.
2. Something standing erect or perpendicular.
UPRIGHTLY, adverb
1. In a direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; in an erect position.
2. Honestly; with strict observance of rectitude; as, to live uprightly
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. Proverbs 10:9.
UPRIGHTNESS, noun
1. Perpendicular erection.
2. Honesty; integrity in principle or practice; conformity to rectitude and justice in social dealings.
The truly upright man is inflexible in his uprightness
UPRI'SE, verb intransitive s as z. pret uprose; participle passive uprisen.
1. To rise from bed or from a seat.
Uprose the virgin with the morning light.
2. To ascend above the horizon.
Uprose the sun.
3. To ascend, as a hill. obsolete
UPRI'SE, noun A rising; appearance above the horizon. obsolete
UPRI'SING, participle present tense Rising; ascending.
UPRI'SING, noun The act of rising.
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising Psalms 139:2.
UP'ROAR, noun
Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; bustle and clamor.
The Jews who believed not - set all the city in an uproar Acts 17:5.
Horror thus prevail'd, and wild uproar
UPROAR, verb transitive To throw into confusion. [Not in use.]
UPROLL, verb transitive [up and roll.] To roll up.
UPROOT', verb transitive [up and root.] To root up; to tear up by the roots; as, to uproot the hills or trees.
UPROUSE, verb transitive uprouz. [up and rouse.] To rouse from sleep; to awake.
UPSET', verb transitive [up and set.] To overturn; to overthrow; to overset; as a carriage.
UP'SHOT, noun [up and shot.] Final issue; conclusion; end; as the upshot of the matter.
Here is the upshot and result of all.
Upside down, the upper part undermost. As a phrase, this denotes in confusion; in complete disorder.
UP'SPRING, noun [up and spring.] An upstart. [Not in use.]
UPSPRING', verb intransitive To spring up. [Not in use.]
UPSTAND', verb intransitive To be erected. [Not used.]
UPST'ART, verb intransitive [up and start.] To start or spring up suddenly.
UP'START, noun
1. One that suddenly rises from low life to wealth, power or honor.
2. Something that springs up suddenly.
UP'START, adjective Suddenly raised.
UPSTA'Y, verb transitive [up and stay.] To sustain; to support.
UPSWARM', verb transitive [See Swarm.] To raise in a swarm. [Not in use.]
UPTA'KE, verb transitive [up and take.] To take into the hand. [Not in use.]
UPTEAR, verb transitive [up and tear.] To tear up.
UPTRA'IN, verb transitive [up and train.] To train up; to educate. [Not in use.]
UPTURN', verb transitive [up and turn.] To turn up; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing.
UP'WARD, adjective [up and ward, Latin versus.]
Directed to a higher place; as with upward eye; with upward speed.
UP'WARD, noun The top. [Not in use.]
UP'WARDS, adverb
1. Toward a higher place; opposed to downward.
Upward I lift my eye.
2. Toward heaven and God.
Looking inward, we are struck dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.
3. With respect to the higher part.
Upward man, downward fish.
4. More than, indefinitely. upwards of ten years have elapsed; upwards of a hundred men were present.
5. Toward the source. Trace the stream upwards
And trace the muses upwards to their spring.
UPWHIRL, verb intransitive upwhurl'. [up and whirl.] To rise upwards in a whirl; to whirl upwards.
UPWHIRL', verb transitive To raise upwards in a whirling direction.
UPWIND, verb transitive [up and wind.] To wind up.