Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Higher in place, position, or rank: the upper bunk; the upper half of the class.
- adj. Situated on higher ground: upper regions.
- adj. Lying farther inland: the upper Nile.
- adj. Northern: the upper Midwest.
- adj. Geology & Archaeology Of, relating to, or being a later division of the period named.
- adj. Denoting the smaller and usually less broadly representative house of a bicameral legislature.
- n. The part of a shoe or boot above the sole.
- n. Informal An upper berth.
- n. Informal The upper teeth or a set of upper dentures.
- n. Slang A drug, especially an amphetamine, used as a stimulant.
- n. Slang An exhilarating or euphoric experience.
- idiom. on (one's) uppers Informal Impoverished; destitute.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Higher in place: opposed to nether: as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; an upper story; the upper deck.
- Superior in rank or dignity: as, the upper house of a legislature; an upper servant.
- Vamps and quarters of boots and shoes collectively. Also called simply uppers.
- n. The upper part of a shoe or boot, comprising the vamp and quarters.
- n. plural Separate cloth gaiters to button above the shoes over the ankle.
- Higher.
Wiktionary
- n. That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
- n. shoemaking The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.
- n. A stimulant such as amphetamine that increases energy and decreases appetite.
- adj. At a higher level, rank or position.
- adj. Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
- adj. archaeology, geology Of a later division of some period.
- adj. education Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
GNU Webster's 1913
- Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior.
- n. The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. higher in place or position
- n. the higher of two berths
- n. a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
- n. piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot
- adj. the topmost one of two
- adj. superior in rank or accomplishment
Examples
“The first four tones of any diatonic scale (major or minor) are often referred to as the _lower tetrachord_ [14] and the upper four tones as the _upper tetrachord_.”
“SIR THOMAS MORE, the famous Chancellor, who preserved his humor and wit to the last moment, when he came to be executed on Tower-hill, the headsman demanded his upper garment as his fee; "Ah! friend," said he, taking off his cap, "that, I think, is my _upper_ garment.”
“I may say that nearly invariably the order is -- 1st, the lower front incissors [cutting teeth], then the upper front, then the _upper_ two lateral incissors, and that not uncommonly”
“I'm going to assume by the term upper thighs, you're referring to entire upper leg area (all the way around the leg).”
“The term upper layer is sometimes used to refer to any layer above another layer in the OSI model.”
“ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, in speaking with several political analysts who look at these voters in the south, they really see, kind of a divide, between what they call the upper south and the lower south.”
“In other words, if the word would get around — there were two separate departments in the weave room, what they called the upper and the lower end.”
“In other words, if the word would get around -- there were two separate departments in the weave room, what they called the upper and the lower end.”
“Two great doors are opened, and Madame leads the way into what she calls her upper and private parlor, a hall of some fifty feet by thirty, in the centre of which a sumptuously decorated table is set out.”
“She followed him to the chapel which they call the upper church.”
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Interesting words
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Shoe parts
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various figurative
go, rise, look, incense, lamp, upper, lap, pillory, rock, post
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
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Crusty List
Things that are crusty or have crust, where "crust" is a good thing. See that tiny part of features where rolig suggested something and I responded out of left field.
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