up

up (http://definr.com/up)

     adj 1: 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" [ant: down]
     2: out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each
        morning" [syn: astir(p), up(p)]
     3: getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an
        improving economy" [syn: improving]
     4: extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up
        staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish" [syn: up(a),
         upward(a)]
     5: (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness; "he was up
        on his homework"; "had to be up for the game" [syn: up(p)]
     6: open; "the windows are up"
     7: (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the
        computers be up?" [syn: up(p)]
     8: used up; "time is up" [syn: up(p)]
     adv 1: 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" [syn: upwards, upward, upwardly]
            [ant: down, down, down, down]
     2: to a higher intensity; "he turned up the volume" [ant: down]
     3: nearer to the speaker; "he walked up and grabbed my lapels"
     4: to a more central or a more northerly place; "was
        transferred up to headquarters"; "up to Canada for a
        vacation" [ant: down]
     5: to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from
        childhood upward" [syn: upwards, upward]
     v : raise; "up the ante"