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'
up (adj.)
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
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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
[ Syn: upwards , upwards , upward , upward , upwards , upwards , upward , upward , upwards , upwards , upward , upward , upwards , upwards , upward , upward ]
up (adv.)
out of bed; are they astir yet?; up by seven each morning
[ Syn: astir ]
getting higher or more vigorous; its an up market; an improving economy
[ Syn: improving ]
extending or moving toward a higher place; the up staircase; a general upward movement of fish
[ Syn: upward ]
(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'
up (adj.)
raise; up the ante'