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English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
  2. : As the restless sleeper here, I'll take the lower berth. You take the upper.
  3. In the Context of The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole; a vamp.
  4. A stimulant such as amphetamine that increases energy and decreases appetite.


Adjective

upper

  1. At a higher level, rank or position
  2. Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
  3. (Archaeology and Geology) of a later division of some period
  4. (Politics) In a bicameral system, the generally smaller and less representative house.
  5. (Upper school) A secundary school. For pupils aged about 14 upward


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Upper \Up"per\, n.
The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Upper \Up"per\, a.; comp. of Up.
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place,
position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper
lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a
legislature.
[1913 Webster]

The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See {To
have the upper hand}, under Hand. --Jowett (Thucyd.).

Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of
common law (formerly King's Bench) during the
Commonwealth.

Upper case, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases.
See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.

Upper covert (Zool.), one of the coverts situated above the
bases of the tail quills.

Upper deck (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the
spar deck.

Upper leather, the leather for the vamps and quarters of
shoes.

Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually
of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.

Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated) Upper ten, the ten
thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or
wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.]

Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail.


Upper works (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a
vessel that are properly above water.

Upper world.
(a) The atmosphere.
(b) Heaven.
(c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the
underworld.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet upper
adj 1: higher in place or position; "the upper bunk"; "in the upper
center of the picture"; "the upper stories"
2: the topmost one of two
3: superior in rank or accomplishment; "the upper half of the
class"
n 1: the higher of two berths [syn: upper berth]
2: piece of leather that forms the part of a shoe or boot above
the sole
3: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and
decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some
forms of depression [syn: amphetamine, pep pill, speed]
Moby Dictionary
Benzedrine , Benzedrine pill , C , Dexamyl , Dexamyl pill , Dexedrine ,
Dexedrine pill , Methedrine , a cut above , above , advantage , ahead ,
amphetamine , amphetamine sulfate , aristocrats , ascendancy ,
ascendant , authority , better , blue bloods , broke , capping , chosen ,
cocaine , coke , command , control , crystal , destitute ,
dextroamphetamine sulfate , distinguished , dominance , eclipsing ,
edge , elite , eminent , exceeding , excellent , excelling , finer ,
football , greater , heart , higher , highest , in ascendancy ,
in the ascendant , indigent , jolly bean , later , loftier , major ,
marked , methamphetamine hydrochloride , northern , of choice ,
one up on , outstanding , over , pep pill , poor , poverty-stricken ,
power , purple heart , rare , rivaling , snow , speed , stimulant , super ,
superior , superiority , supremacy , surpassing , sway , topmost ,
topping , transcendent , transcendental , transcending , upland ,
upmost , upper case , upper class , upper crust , upper hand ,
uppermost , wealthy


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