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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Placentalia :: Placentalia (n. pl.) A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. t.) To support; to prosper; to promote.
Stock :: Stock (v. t.) To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like..
Petaurist :: Petaurist (n.) Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister..
Deerberry :: Deerberry (n.) A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry..
Supped :: Sunwise (adv.) In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward..
Bumper :: Bumper (n.) A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast..
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead..
Thresher :: Thresher (n.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark..
Olivine :: Olivine (n.) A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks..
Wake :: Wake (v. i.) To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
Work :: Work (n.) The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work..
Syllabaria :: Syle (n.) A young herring (Clupea harengus).
Mellow :: Mellow (superl.) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc..
Cancellous :: Cancellous (a.) Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones..
Niccolite :: Niccolite (n.) A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel; -- called also coppernickel, kupfernickel..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas..
Interdental :: Interdental (a.) Formed between the upper and lower teeth; as, interdental consonants..
Cupule :: Cupule (n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc..
Superacidulated :: Superabundant (a.) Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal..
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