Definition of up

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Up (adv.) In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up..

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Low :: Low (superl.) Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence..
Wardroom :: Wardroom (n.) A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel. See Gunroom.
Crudity :: Crudity (n.) That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form..
Euphuist :: Euphuist (n.) One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction..
Upswarm :: Upswarm (v. i. & i.) To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms..
Affect :: Affect (v. t.) To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
Roller :: Roller (n.) A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man..
Post-temporal :: Post-temporal (a.) Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.
Put-up :: Put-up (a.) Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job..
Scarce :: Scarce (superl.) Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.
Buoyant :: Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier..
Saddle-shaped :: Saddle-shaped (a.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form.
Cup-moss :: Cup-moss (n.) A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia..
Fatuity :: Fatuity (n.) Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
Mad :: Mad (superl.) Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.
Nob :: Nob (n.) A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman.
Pallet :: Pallet (n.) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it..
Illinois :: Illinois (n.sing. & pl.) A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers..
Nitro- :: Nitro- () A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids, as nitrohydrochloric, nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical NO2, or its compounds, as nitrobenzene..
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