upstairs
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English up-
Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti
Proto-Germanic *stīganą
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *staigijaną
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Proto-Germanic *-raz
Proto-Germanic *staigraz
Proto-Germanic *staigriz
Proto-West Germanic *staigri
Old English stǣġer
Middle English steire
English stair
Old English -as
Middle English -es
English -s
English upstairs
From up- + stair + -s.
Inflected forms:
form: further upstairs
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: farther upstairs
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: furthest upstairs
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: farthest upstairs
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: up stairs
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: up-stairs
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: further upstairs
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: farther upstairs
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: furthest upstairs
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: farthest upstairs
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: up stairs
pos: adv
tags: alternative
archaic
form: up-stairs
pos: adv
tags: alternative
archaic
form: upstairs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: up stairs
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: up-stairs
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
pos: adj
examples: We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student.
gloss: Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: That fastball was upstairs for a ball.
gloss: Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.
pos: adv
examples: I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.
I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano.
The woman upstairs told the people outside to stop reveling.
There was more dancing and singing up stairs, more wit and conversation below; all were at liberty, and all stayed late; and all talked so much of the happiness they had enjoyed, that Lady Anne felt herself exceedingly tempted to give another party before the season finally closed.
In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; […]
Marsha, let’s go upstairs!
On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.
gloss: In the brain or mind.
pos: adv
tags: informal
examples: After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn’t have a lot going on upstairs.
I guess I'm just used to sailors / I think they got water on the brain / I think they got more water upstairs / Than they got sugar on a candy cane
gloss: In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.
pos: adv
tags: informal
gloss: An upper storey.
pos: noun
gloss: A woman's breasts.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
slang
Antonyms: downstairs
Derived words: upstairs-downstairs
boot upstairs
check upstairs
go upstairs
kick upstairs
Man Upstairs
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