upper
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: education
geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Germanic *ub
Proto-Germanic *upp
Proto-West Germanic *upp
Old English upp
Middle English up
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Germanic *-izô
Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō
Proto-Germanic *-ōzô
Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō
Old English -ra
Middle English -er
Middle English upper
English upper
Inherited from Middle English upper. By surface analysis, up + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: uppermore
pos: adj
tags: comparative
rare
form: uppermost
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: uppers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: At a higher physical position, level, rank or order.
pos: adj
gloss: Situated on higher ground, further inland, more upstream, or more northerly.
pos: adj
gloss: Younger, more recent.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
pos: adj
gloss: A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
pos: noun
examples: Eye Girl is very moody. She is always zooted up on some really foul combination of uppers and downers and Rollerblading. Her bouts of Rollerblading seem to coincide with fights with Eye Guy.
Say, for example, a person starts with the use of a downer that reduces any anxiety and produces a sense of relaxation. When their energy levels drop, they take a stimulant in order to continue participating in the party or another event. This creates a cycle that could lead to significant drug use and drastically increases the risk of overdose or death. It is critical to know which drugs are uppers and downers to avoid this combination.
gloss: A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
pos: noun
examples: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Patrick was a cabbie & a dispatcher at Yellow Cab & when we got to the church where the [funeral] services were being held, the cabbies came out in force for Pat & there were at least 30 cabs pulling into the church parking lot. It was a real upper for a lot of us.
gloss: The upper portion of something.
pos: noun
examples: The slewing ring is basically a large bearing upon which the upper is mounted. The outer race of the slewing ring is bolted to the upper, and the inner race is bolted to the car-body.
These lines, GH and PC, are cut when the outline of the upper is cut out.
gloss: The upper portion of something.
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: shoe, boot
genuine leather upper / balance manmade [label on a shoe]
The uppers of his patent-leather shoes were hidden by fawn spats.
gloss: The upper portion of something.
pos: noun
gloss: Someone with higher social standing
pos: noun
examples: Thus a vicious circle is established: the uppers offer participation, and the lowers, feeling persecuted, withdraw.
gloss: Someone with higher social standing
pos: noun
examples: Each Upper had his private Fag; but general fagdom consisted of obedience to the demand of every Upper, no matter in whose House he happened to be.
It is advisable, for example, to learn the words to the school loyalty and to “Fair Harvard” in the event that you are “asked” to give an impromptu “concert” in the Yard for the benefit of the Uppers.
gloss: That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
pos: noun
examples: Next, take up slack equally on the two uppers until they are snug.
During the seventh week, the limbs also rotate laterally in the uppers and medially in the lowers.
In this compact middle level between the uppers and the lowers, I actually had a counter in front of me, where food or drink could be safely planted, without fear of knocking over onto any patrons sitting in the seats below me.
gloss: That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
pos: noun
examples: In the lingualized type of occlusion, contact of the lingual cusps of the uppers against the semianatomic teeth on the lowers will be seen in lateral, protrusive, and eccentric movements.
These reentrant folds, especially those on the buccal side of the uppers and the lingual side of the lowers, are quickly isolated by wear into infundibula within lakes of dentin.
Periodically check the bite with the uppers and lowers to ensure that your actor's mouth will close correctly.
Considering the badly decayed condition of the Chief's other teeth, I recommended removal of what remained of the uppers, followed by a “full plate” after healing.
gloss: That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
pos: noun
examples: Treatment was continued until November, 1909, when a retainer was placed in position in the lower, consisting of bands round the lower first molars and a wire passing lingually round all the teeth. The upper was retained by means of a plate with wires wires passing behind the upper first molars and round in front of all the teeth.
The lower (according to the patient) was perfect, but the upper was bad, and the dentist was going to make the upper again.
The upper was retained with a Hawley bite plane; the lip bumper was continued for an additional 18 months.
gloss: That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
pos: noun
examples: The Railroad Company further averred that it operated sleeping cars over its system of more than 7,000 miles of interstate roads, and that the Interstate Commerce Commission had prescribed rates for each of said sleeping car units on trains running to and from the state of Wisconsin. The rate fixed for the upper was 80 per cent. of the charge for the use of the lower; the price for the whole section beting the sum of the two rates.
But trains have changed. Gone are the uppers and lowers, partitions and cranks, and the green velour; only the porter remains, the same man, I think, a black man with palms the color of shrimp and a neck swollen with dislike.
Twelve lowers and twelve uppers and three beds in the drawing rooms.
Of course I naturally I asked why, but all the satisfaction I got for the time being was that the upper was good enough for me, and that it was a pretty good place in which to sleep, anyway.
The uppers were reached by comfortably safe steps with handrails and slip proof coatings.
gloss: A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.
pos: noun
examples: The 'upper' is one of nine apertures through which consciousness can leave the body at death (utkrantih).
When the Tao Te Ching says: “In thought, you can see the cavity,” it is referring to what the Triplex Unity describes as “When the upper is closed, we call it existence; when the lower is closed, we call it nothingness.”
It is said in Tibetan culture, in order to understand the upper, it is necessary to understand the lower first. Once, the lower is understood, the upper is just an introductory.
Antonyms: lower
under
Related words: on one's uppers
beater-upper
break-upper
catcher-upper
cheerer-upper
cleaner-upper
doer-upper
filler-upper
fixer-upper
fuck-upper
giver-upper
hold-upper
hook-upper
knocker-upper
looker-upper
maker-upper
messer-upper
picker-upper
rounder-upper
shaker-upper
snapper-upper
stinker-upper
swan upper
user-upper
waker-upper
warmer-upper
washer-upper
Derived words: Beaconsfield Upper
Edi Upper
Everton Upper
fat upper pubic area
fat upper pussy area
Maffra West Upper
member of upper house
Murray Upper
Newton Upper Falls
Pakenham Upper
stiff upper lip
Tambo Upper
Towong Upper
upper airway
Upper Alle
Upper Allyn
Upper Arley
upper arm
upper atmosphere
Upper Austria
Upper Ballinderry
Upper Barron
Upper Batley
Upper Beeding
Upper Bentley
Upper Bingara
Upper Blessington
Upper Boat
upper body
upper bound
upper boundary
Upper Brookfield
Upper Broughton
Upper Burnie
Upper Burringbar
Upper Bylong
Upper Caboolture
upper camel case
Upper Capel
upper case
Upper Castra
upper chamber
Upper Chichester
upper circle
upper class
Upper Colo
upper concave envelope
Upper Coomera
Upper Coopers Creek
Upper Cooyar Creek
Upper Copmanhurst
Upper Corindi
Upper Corris
upper crust
upper-cruster
Upper Crystal Creek
upper cut
Upper Daintree
Upper Daradgee
Upper Darby
Upper Dartbrook
Upper Dawson
upper deck
upper decker
Upper Deerfield
Upper Denton
upper-division
Upper Duck Creek
Upper Duroby
Upper Eden Creek
Upper Egypt
Upper Egyptian
Upper Esk
upper esophageal sphincter
Upper Ferntree Gully
Upper Fine Flower
Upper Flagstone
Upper Freehold
Upper Freestone
upper garment
Upper Glastonbury
Upper Growee
Upper Gundowring
Upper Halliford
upper hand
Upper Haughton
Upper Hermitage
Upper Heyford
Upper Hill
Upper Holloway
Upper Horseshoe Creek
Upper Horton
upper house
Upper Hunter
Upper Hutt
upper jaw
upper joint
Upper Kandanga
Upper Kangaroo River
Upper Kangaroo Valley
Upper Karuah River
Upper Kedron
Upper Lachlan
Upper Lansdowne
Upper Largo
upper leaf zone
upper limit
upper lip
Upper Lockyer
Upper Lurg
Upper Macdonald
Upper Main Arm
Upper Makefield
Upper Mangrove
Upper Manilla
upper mantle
Upper Marlboro
upper memory area
upper middle class
Upper Midwest
Upper Milford
Upper Mongogarie
uppermost
Upper Mount Bethel
Upper Mount Gravatt
Upper Murray
Upper Myall
Upper Natone
Upper Nile
Upper Norwood
Upper Orara
Upper Pappinbarra
Upper Parkstone
Upper Peninsula
Upper Pilton
Upper Pinelands
Upper Pittsgrove
Upper Plenty
Upper Poppleton
Upper Providence
upper quartile
upper reaches
upper respiratory tract
Upper Rollands Plains
Upper Rouchel
Upper Ryans Creek
Upper Saddle River
Upper Sandusky
Upper Saucon
Upper Scamander
upper school
upper semi-continuous
upper semicontinuous
upper set
upper side
upper sixth
Upper Slaughter
Upper Sorbian
Upper Soudley
Upper Southampton
Upper Stone
upper storey
upper story
Upper Stowport
Upper Sturt
upper surgery
Upper Swan
Upper Sydenham
Upper Taylors Arm
Upper Tean
upper ten
Upper Tenthill
upper ten thousand
Upper Tooloom
Upper Turon
Upper Uwchlan
Upper Volta
Upper Warrego
Upper Warren
Upper Wheatvale
Upper Wilsons Creek
Upper Woodstock
Upper Yarraman
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: վերին
roman: verin
lang: Catalan
word: alt
lang: Catalan
word: superior
lang: Finnish
word: myöhempi
lang: Russian
word: по́здний
roman: pózdnij
lang: German
word: Upper
lang: Māori
word: (pūroi) haupiki
lang: Swedish
word: uppåttjack