Up - Definition

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