Up (Morrissey Mullen album)
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Open
"The windows are up"
(2)   Getting higher or more vigorous
"Its an up market"
"An improving economy"
(3)   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"

adverb


(4)   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"
(5)   To a later time
"They moved the meeting date up"
"From childhood upward"
(6)   To a more central or a more northerly place
"Was transferred up to headquarters"
"Up to Canada for a vacation"
(7)   Nearer to the speaker
"He walked up and grabbed my lapels"
(8)   To a higher intensity
"He turned up the volume"

verb


(9)   Raise
"Up the ante"
WiktionaryText

Adverb



  1. Away from the center of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
    I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
  2. Into pieces.
    tear up
    chop up
  3. An abstract adverb of motion or change.
    mess up
    take up
  4. A function word indicating intensity or emphasis.
    speak up
    type up
  5. North.
    I’m going up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
  6. Higher or louder.
    Turn the volume up.
  7. Higher in pitch.
    Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
  8. Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
  9. Relatively close to the batsman.
    The bowler pitched the ball up.

Preposition



  1. Toward the top of.
    The cat went up the tree.
  2. Further along (in any direction).
    Go up the street until you see the sign.

Adjective



  1. Awake.
    I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
  2. Finished, to an end
    Time is up!
  3. In a good mood.
    I’m feeling up today.
  4. Willing; ready.
    If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
  5. Next in a sequence.
    Smith is next up to bat.
  6. Happening; new.
    What is up with that project at headquarters?
  7. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
    Put the notebook face up on the table.
    Take a break and put your feet up.
  8. Standing.
    Get up and give her your seat.
  9. On a higher level.
  10. Available; made public.
    The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
  11. Of a person, informed about; abreast of; current.
    I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
  12. Functional; working.
    Is the server back up?
  13. Traveling towards a major terminus.
    The London train is on the up line.
  14. Served chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
    A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.

Noun



  1. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
    Up is a good way to go.

Verb



  1. To increase or raise.
    If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
  2. To promote.
    It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
  3. To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
    He just upped and quit.
    He upped and punched that guy.
 
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