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Adverb

1. {{n-g|Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.}}
2. {{n-g|Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as “up”.}}
3. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by ''to'' or ''with''.
4. {{lb|en|intensifier}} {{non-gloss|Used as an [[aspect]] marker to indicate a completed action or state;}} [[thoroughly]], [[completely]].
5. To one's [[possession]] or [[consideration]].
6. From one's [[possession]] or [[consideration]].
7. Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
8. {{lb|en|cricket}} [[relatively|Relatively]] [[close]] to the [[batsman]].
9. {{senseid|en|adverb-in-bartending}} {{lb|en|US|bartending}} Without additional [[ice]].<!--closely related to the adjective-in-bartending POS, to the point that it can be argued that the usex below is showing a copulative verb plus a predicate adjective, but the adverb-in-bartending POS cannot be said not to exist though-->

Preposition

1. Toward the [[top]] of.
2. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
3. From [[south]] to [[north]] of.
4. Further [[along]] (in any direction).
5. From the [[mouth]] towards the [[source]] of (a river or waterway).
6. {{lb|en|vulgar|_|slang}} Of a person: [[having sex]] with.
7. {{lb|en|colloquial}} [[at|At]] (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).

Adjective

1. [[face|Facing]] upwards.
2. On or at a physically higher level.
3. Headed or designated to go upward (as an [[escalator]], [[stairway]], [[elevator]] etc.) or toward (as a [[run-up]]).
4. Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
5. {{lb|en|by extension}} Available to view or use; made public; posted.
6. Raised; lifted.
7. {{lb|en|AU}} Of a [[river]], in [[flood]] or at a high level.
8. Built, constructed.
9. [[stand|Standing]]; [[upright]].
10. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[rise up|Risen up]], [[rebel]]ling, in [[revolt]].
11. [[awake|Awake]] and out of bed.
12. {{lb|en|horse-racing}} Riding the horse; mounted.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[direction]] opposed to the pull of gravity.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[positive]] thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
3. {{lb|en|particle physics}} An [[up quark]].
4. An upstairs room of a two story house.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|poetic|_|or in certain phrases}} To physically [[raise]] or [[lift]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|colloquial}} To increase the level or amount of.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|colloquial}} To [[promote]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|often in combination with another verb}} To rise to a standing position; ''hence, by extension'', to act suddenly; ''see also '''''[[up and]]'''''.''
5. {{lb|en|intransitive|archaic|or|poetic}} To ascend; to climb up.
6. {{lb|en|computing|slang|transitive}} To [[upload]].

Proper noun

1. {{initialism of|en|Upper Peninsula}}.
2. {{lb|en|religion}} {{init of|en|w:United Presbyterian}}.
3. {{place|en|@init of:Uttar Pradesh|state|c/India}}.
4. {{lb|en|software}} {{initialism of|en|w:Unified Process}}.
5. {{lb|en|Philippines}} {{initialism of|en|w:University of the Philippines}}.
6. {{lb|en|railroading}} {{init of|en|w:[[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]]}}.

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