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1. (vulgar slang) Of a person: having sex with.Examples: "Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her."slangvulgar

2. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).Examples: "I'll see you later up the snooker club."; "“I'll tell you how I got on in the fight if I should see you up the Smokers.”"colloquial

1. (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.Examples: "Is your new video up yet? I looked on the website, but I couldn't find it."broadlynot-comparable

2. (obsolete) Risen up, rebelling, in revolt.Examples: "The fearefull newes that whilſt the flame doth but begin, Sad pollicie may ſerue to quench the fire: The Commons nowe are vp in Kent, let vs not ſuffer this firſt attempt too farre."not-comparableobsolete

3. (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.not-comparable

4. (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.Examples: "It'll get warmer once the sun's up."; "I have said I was still in darkness, yet it was not the blackness of the last night; and looking up into the inside of the tomb above, I could see the faintest line of light at one corner, which showed the sun was up."not-comparable

5. (predicative only) Finished, to an endExamples: "Time is up!"; "Her contract is up next month, so it's time to negotiate another one."not-comparablepredicative

6. (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.Examples: "If you are up for a trip, let’s go."not-comparable

1. (uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.Examples: "Up is a good way to go."uncountable

2. (countable) A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.Examples: "I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home."; "There are many ups to caravanning, but also many downs."; "I've been on an up all this week."countable

3. (particle physics) An up quark.countableparticleuncountable

1. (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.Examples: "We upped anchor and sailed away."in-certain-phrasespoetictransitive

2. (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.Examples: "If we up the volume, we may be able to hear what he says."; "As usual, they've upped the prices for Valentine's Day."; "Part of the woman's mystique, I guess. Makes people want to meet her all the more. A year ago, she upped her stock with that crowd when she bought the Midnight Star — among the world's most famous star sapphires"colloquialtransitive

3. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.Examples: "It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President."; "The other day Mr. Meyer came to see me in Weinbergers, it caused a great sensation & I think upped me a lot in prestige there"; ""Ryker's a--" He swallowed. "A cop. Used to work Sleeve Theft, then they upped him to the Organic Damage Division."colloquialtransitive

4. (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.Examples: "She was sitting there quietly, then all of a sudden she upped and left."; "He just upped and quit."; "He upped and punched that guy."in-compoundsintransitiveoften

5. (intransitive, archaic or poetic) To ascend; to climb up.Examples: ""Will ye up, lass, and ride behind me?"."archaicintransitivepoetic

6. (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.Examples: "100 new apps and games have just been upped."slangtransitive

1. (religion) Initialism of United Presbyterian.abbreviationalt-ofinitialism

2. (software) Initialism of Unified Process.abbreviationalt-ofinitialism

3. (Philippines) Initialism of University of the Philippines.Philippinesabbreviationalt-ofinitialism