Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
upbar |
verb t. |
To fasten with a bar., To remove the bar or bards of, as a gate; to under. |
upend |
verb t. |
To end up; to set on end, as a cask. |
uphaf |
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imp. of Upheave. |
upher |
noun |
A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split. |
uplay |
verb t. |
To hoard. |
upper |
comp. |
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature., The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp. |
uprun |
verb i. |
To run up; to ascend. |
upset |
verb t. |
To set up; to put upright., To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end., To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends., To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument., To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her., To become upset., Set up; fixed; determined; — used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold., The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset. |
upsun |
noun |
The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset. |
uptie |
verb t. |
To tie up. |
upupa |
noun |
A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe. |
upyat |
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imp. of Upgive. |