01 adv. Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.
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Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.“But up or down, By center or eccentric, hard to tell.” — Milton.
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From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied.“But they presumed to go up unto the hilltop.” — Num. xiv. 44.“I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up.” — Ps. lxxxviii. 15.“Up rose the sun, and up rose Emelye.” — Chaucer.“We have wrought ourselves up into this degree of Christian indifference.” — Atterbury.
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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.“And when the sun was up, they were scorched.” — Matt. xiii. 6.“Those that were up themselves kept others low.” — Spenser.“Helen was up -- was she?” — Shak.“Rebels there are up, And put the Englishmen unto the sword.” — Shak.“His name was up through all the adjoining provinces, even to Italy and Rome; many desiring to see who he was that could withstand so many years the Roman puissance.” — Milton.“Thou hast fired me; my soul's up in arms.” — Dryden.“Grief and passion are like floods raised in little brooks by a sudden rain; they are quickly up.” — Dryden.“A general whisper ran among the country people, that Sir Roger was up.” — Addison.“Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate.” — Longfellow.
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To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements.“As a boar was whetting his teeth, up comes a fox to him.” — L'Estrange.
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To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent.
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Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons.“Up, up, my friend! and quit your books, Or surely you 'll grow double.” — Wordsworth.“Fortune . . . led him up and down.” — Chaucer.