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Up

adverb

1.

Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position. Synonyms: upward, upwardly, upwards. "The music surged up" , "The fragments flew upwards" , "Prices soared upwards" , "Upwardly mobile"

2.

To a higher intensity.

3.

Nearer to the speaker.

4.

To a more central or a more northerly place. "Up to Canada for a vacation"

5.

To a later time. Synonyms: upward, upwards. "From childhood upward"

verb

1.

Raise.

adjective

1.

Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level. "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. Synonym: astir. "Up by seven each morning"

3.

Getting higher or more vigorous. Synonym: improving. "An improving economy"

4.

Extending or moving toward a higher place. Synonym: upward. "A general upward movement of fish"

5.

(usually followed by 'on' or 'for') in readiness. "Had to be up for the game"

6.

Open.

7.

(used of computers) operating properly.

8.

Used up.

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... dark-eyed, dark-haired, charming in her costume, a woman of the smiling world, but maturely sincere and unaffected. I took a somewhat distracted impression of her greeting, and heard him begin to explain my proposal to her, as one hears a "silent partner" formally consulted by a man who has already made up his mind. But when I glanced at her, seated, her manner had changed. She was listening as if she were used to being consulted and knew the responsibilities of decision. She had the abstracted eye of impersonal consideration—silent—with now and then ...

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