Main entry: up
Definition: raise
Usage: up the ante
Definition: out of bed
Usage: are they astir yet?; up by seven each morning
Main entry: up
Definition: used up
Usage: time is up
Main entry: up
Definition: (used of computers) operating properly
Usage: how soon will the computers be up?
Main entry: up
Definition: open
Usage: the windows are up
Main entry: up
Definition: (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness
Usage: he was up on his homework; had to be up for the game
Definition: extending or moving toward a higher place
Usage: the up staircase; a general upward movement of fish
Definition: getting higher or more vigorous
Usage: its an up market; an improving economy
Main entry: up
Definition: being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
Usage: 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
Main entry: up, upward, upwardly, upwards
Definition: spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
Usage: look up!; the music surged up; the fragments flew upwards; prices soared upwards; upwardly mobile
Main entry: up, upward, upwards
Definition: to a later time
Usage: they moved the meeting date up; from childhood upward
Main entry: up
Definition: to a more central or a more northerly place
Usage: was transferred up to headquarters; up to Canada for a vacation
Main entry: up
Definition: nearer to the speaker
Usage: he walked up and grabbed my lapels
Main entry: up
Definition: to a higher intensity
Usage: he turned up the volume