up

Meanings

• raise
  • "up the ante"
• 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"
• out of bed
  • "up by seven each morning"
• getting higher or more vigorous
  • "its an up market"
• extending or moving toward a higher place
  • "the up staircase"
  • "a general upward movement of fish"
• (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness
  • "he was up on his homework"
  • "had to be up for the game"
• open
  • "the windows are up"
• (used of computers) operating properly
  • "how soon will the computers be up?"
• used up
  • "time is up"
• 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"
• to a higher intensity
  • "he turned up the volume"
• nearer to the speaker
  • "he walked up and grabbed my lapels"
• to a more central or a more northerly place
  • "was transferred up to headquarters"
  • "up to Canada for a vacation"
• to a later time
  • "they moved the meeting date up"
  • "from childhood upward"

Synonyms

astir, improving, upward, upwardly, upwards