Definitions of upward

1. The upper part; the top.

2. 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"

3. Alt. of Upwards

4. In an ascending direction; from lower to higher; towards a higher rank or position; toward the beginning; indefinitely more: upwards of, more than.

5. Directed toward a higher place.

6. Toward a higher place.

7. Toward a higher place or price.

8. In excess; more.

9. Toward that which is better or nobler.

10. Toward a higher place; toward heaven and God; with respect to the higher part; more than; toward the source.

11. extending or moving toward a higher place; " the up staircase"; " a general upward movement of fish"

12. directed up; " the cards were face upward"; " an upward stroke of the pen"

13. Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.

14. Directed from lower to higher; as, an upward slope. Also, upwards.

15. Directed up or to a higher place.

16. Turned or directed toward a higher place.

17. Directed to a higher place.