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: up(a),
upward(a)]
4: (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness; "he was up
on his homework"; "had to be up for the game" [syn: up(p)]
5: open; "the windows are up"
6: (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the
computers be up?" [syn: up(p)]
7: used up; "time is up" [syn: up(p)]
8: out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each
morning" [syn: astir(p), up(p)]
ad
verb
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]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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