up

1. raise; "up the ante"

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"

2. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"

synset: astir, up

3. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

synset: improving, up

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

synset: up, upward

5. (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness; "he was up on his homework"; "had to be up for the game"

6. open; "the windows are up"

7. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"

8. used up; "time is up"

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"

synset: up, upwards, upward, upwardly

antonym: down, downwards, downward, downwardly

2. to a higher intensity; "he turned up the volume"

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"

5. to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"

synset: up, upwards, upward

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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