Found 2 hits - Term: upped, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : WordNet (r) 2.0
upped
see up
see also:
up
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
up
adj 1: 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" ant: down
2: getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an
improving economy" syn: improving
3: extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up
staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish" syn: upa,
upwarda
4: usually followed by `on' or `for' in readiness; "he was up
on his homework"; "had to be up for the game" syn: upp
5: open; "the windows are up"
6: used of computers operating properly; "how soon will the
computers be up?" syn: upp
7: used up; "time is up" syn: upp
8: out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each
morning" syn: astirp, upp
adv 1: 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" syn: upwards, upward, upwardly
ant: down, down, down, down
2: to a higher intensity; "he turned up the volume" ant: down
3: nearer to the speaker; "he walked up and grabbed my lapels"
4: to a more central or a more northerly place; "was
transferred up to headquarters"; "up to canada for a
vacation" ant: down
5: to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from
childhood upward" syn: upwards, upward
v : raise; "up the ante"
also: upping, upped
see also:
down improving upa upwarda upp astirp
upwards upward upwardly upping upped
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