Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
upbraid |
verb t. |
To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; — followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed., To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide., To treat with contempt., To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; — with to before the person., To utter upbraidings., The act of reproaching; contumely. |
upbreak |
verb i. |
To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface., A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst. |
upbreed |
verb t. |
To rear, or bring up; to nurse. |
upburst |
noun |
The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter. |
upcheer |
verb t. |
To cheer up. |
upclimb |
verb t. & i. |
To climb up; to ascend. |
upeygan |
noun |
The borele. |
upflung |
adjective |
Flung or thrown up. |
upheave |
verb t. |
To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise. |
uphoard |
verb t. |
To hoard up. |
up-line |
noun |
A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train. |
uppluck |
verb t. |
To pull or pluck up. |
upraise |
verb t. |
To raise; to lift up. |
upright |
adjective |
In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree., Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways., Conformable to moral rectitude., Stretched out face upward; flat on the back., Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame. |
uprouse |
verb t. |
To rouse up; to rouse from sleep; to awake; to arouse. |
upshoot |
verb i. |
To shoot upward. |
upspear |
verb i. |
To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass. |
upstand |
verb i. |
To stand up; to be erected; to rise. |
upstare |
verb i. |
To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous. |
upstart |
verb i. |
To start or spring up suddenly., One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu., The meadow saffron., Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence. |
upswarm |
verb i. & i. |
To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms. |
upswell |
verb i. |
To swell or rise up. |
upthrow |
verb t. |
To throw up., See Throw, n., 9. |
uptrace |
verb t. |
To trace up or out. |
uptrain |
verb t. |
To train up; to educate. |
upwards |
adverb |
In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; — opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward., In the upper parts; above., Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over. |
upwhirl |
verb t. & i. |
To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion. |