upping
     see up
see also:
up 

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