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[ adverb ] spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
Examples "look up!" "the music surged up" "the fragments flew upwards" "prices soared upwards" "upwardly mobile" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)This gives a wide flare to the pecs , causing them to flow dramatically upward into deltoids and dramatically downward into the serratus and lats . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Where their sharp edges seemed restless as sea waves thrusting themselves upward in angry motion , Papa-san sat glacier like , his smooth solidity , his very immobility defying all the turmoil about him . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)Her eyebrows were definite and heavy and formed two lines moving upward toward a high forehead and a great head of brown hair that fell to her shoulders . |
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[ adjective ] directed up
Examples "the cards were face upward" "an upward stroke of the pen" Used in print (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)Gradually the wash climbed upward , forcing him toward open range . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] extending or moving toward a higher place
Synonyms Examples "the up staircase" "a general upward movement of fish" Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)It slashed the sloping manure scented lawns with concrete steps which climbed upward to white wooden porches . Related terms |
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