up

spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

• “look up!”
• “the music surged up”
• “the fragments flew upwards”
• “prices soared upwards”
• “upwardly mobile”

to a higher intensity

• “he turned up the volume”

nearer to the speaker

• “he walked up and grabbed my lapels”

to a more central or a more northerly place

• “was transferred up to headquarters”
• “up to Canada for a vacation”

to a later time

• “they moved the meeting date up”
• “from childhood upward”

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

• “the anchor is up”
• “the sun is up”
• “he lay face up”
• “he is up by a pawn”
• “the market is up”
• “the corn is up”

getting higher or more vigorous

• “its an up market”
• “an improving economy”

extending or moving toward a higher place

• “the up staircase”
• “a general upward movement of fish”

(usually followed by `on'' or `for'') in readiness

• “he was up on his homework”
• “had to be up for the game”

open

• “the windows are up”

(used of computers) operating properly

• “how soon will the computers be up?”

used up

• “time is up”

out of bed

• “are they astir yet?”
• “up by seven each morning”

raise

• “up the ante”