Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 29
Upheld () imp. & p. p. of Uphold.
Upher (n.) (Arch.) A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split. [Spelt also ufer.] [Eng.] -- Gwilt.
Uphill (adv.) Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
Uphill (a.) Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
Uphill (a.) Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
Uphill (adv.) Against difficulties; "she was talking uphill."
Uphill (adv.) Upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill."
Uphill (a.) Sloping upward [syn: acclivitous, rising, uphill].
Uphill (n.) The upward slope of a hill
Uphilt (v. t.) To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into an enemy. [R.] --Stanyhurst.
Uphoard (v. t.) To hoard up. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Uphold (v. t.) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld.
Besought his pity. -- Dryden.
Uphold (v. t.) To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. -- Prov. xxix 3.
Faulconbridge, In spite of spite, alone upholds the day. -- Shak.
Uphold (v. t.) To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing.
Uphold (v.) Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" [syn: continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve] [ant: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop].
Uphold (v.) Stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals.
Uphold (v.) Support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict" [syn: uphold, maintain].
Upholder (n.) A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. [Obs.]
Upholder (n.) An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [Obs.]
The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. -- Gay.
Upholder (n.) An upholsterer. [Obs.]
Upholder (n.) One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.
Upholder (n.) Someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of
tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy" [syn: upholder, maintainer, sustainer].
Upholster (v. t.) To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains.
Upholster (n.) A broker. [Obs.] -- Caxton.
Upholster (n.) An upholsterer. [Obs.] -- Strype.
Upholsterer (n.) One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters.
Upholsterer bee. (Zool.) See Poppy bee, under Poppy.
Upholster (v.) Provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers.
Upholstery (n.) The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer.
Upholstery (n.) Covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture
Upholstery (n.) The craft of upholstering
Uphroe (n.) (Naut.) Same as Euphroe.
Compare: Euphroe
Euphroe(n.) [Etymol. uncertain.] A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up. [Written also uphroe and uvrou.] -- Knight.
Upland (a.) Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
Sometimes, with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite. -- Milton.
Upland (a.) Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.W2] " The race of upland giants." -- Chapman.
Upland moccasin. (Zool.) See Moccasin.
Upland sandpiper, or Upland plover (Zool.), A large American sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda) much valued as a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields and uplands. Called also Bartramian sandpiper, Bartram's tattler, field plover, grass plover, highland plover, hillbird, humility, prairie plover, prairie pigeon, prairie snipe, papabote, quaily, and uplander.
Upland sumach (Bot.), A North American shrub of the genus Rhus ({Rhus glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.
Upland (n.) High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like.
Upland (n.) The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns. [Obs.]
Upland (a.) Used of high or hilly country [syn: upland, highland(a)] [ant: lowland].
Upland (n.) Elevated (e.g., mountainous) land [syn: highland, upland] [ant: lowland].
Upland, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 179
Housing Units (2000): 88
Land area (2000): 0.412573 sq. miles (1.068558 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.412573 sq. miles (1.068558 sq. km)
FIPS code: 49880
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.318371 N, 98.901922 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68981
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Upland, NE
Upland
Upland, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 68393
Housing Units (2000): 25467
Land area (2000): 15.118013 sq. miles (39.155472 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.032921 sq. miles (0.085265 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 15.150934 sq. miles (39.240737 sq. km)
FIPS code: 81344
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 34.113259 N, 117.658386 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 91786
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Upland, CA
Upland
Upland, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 3803
Housing Units (2000): 824
Land area (2000): 3.932304 sq. miles (10.184620 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008688 sq. miles (0.022501 sq. km)
Total
area (2000): 3.940992 sq. miles (10.207121 sq. km)
FIPS code: 77966
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 40.467146 N, 85.500120 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 46989
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Upland, IN
Upland
Upland, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 2977
Housing Units (2000): 1216
Land area (2000): 0.670653 sq. miles (1.736983 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.670653 sq. miles (1.736983 sq. km)
FIPS code: 78712
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 39.856762 N, 75.379429 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Upland, PA
Upland
Uplander (n.) One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic. [Obs.]
Uplander (n.) (Zool.) The upland sandpiper. [Local, U. S.]
Uplandish (a.) Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Uplandish (a.) Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized. [Obs.]
His presence made the rudest peasant melt, That in the wild, uplandish country dwelt. -- Marlowe.
Uplay (v. t.) To hoard. [Obs.] -- Donne.
Uplead (v. t.) To lead upward. [Obs.]
Uplean (v. i.) To lean or incline upon anything. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Uplifting (imp. & p. p.) of Uplift.
Uplift (v. t.) To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock. -- Cowper.
Satan, talking to his nearest mate,
With head uplift above the wave, and eyes
That sparkling blazed. -- Milton.
Uplift (n.) (Geol.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
Uplift (n.) (Geology) A rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) [syn: upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust].
Uplift (n.) A brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
Uplift (v.) Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" [syn: elate, lift up, uplift,
pick up, intoxicate] [ant: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down].
Uplift (v.) Lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town."
Uplift (v.) lift up or elevate.
Up-line (n.) (Railroad) A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train. [Eng.]
Uplock (v. t.) To lock up. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Uplook (v. i.) To look or gaze up. [Obs.]
Upmost (a.) Highest; topmost; uppermost. -- Spenser. Dryden.
Upmost (a.) At or nearest to the top; "the uppermost book in the pile"; "on the topmost step" [syn: topmost, uppermost, upmost].
Upokororo (n.) (Zool.) An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish (Prototroctes oxyrhynchus) of the family Haplochitonidae. In general appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Called also grayling.
Upon (prep.) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable. "Upon an hill of flowers." -- Chaucer.
Our host upon his stirrups stood anon. -- Chaucer.
Thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar. -- Ex. xxix. 21.
The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. -- Judg. xvi. 9.
As I did stand my watch upon the hill. -- Shak.
He made a great difference between people that did rebel upon wantonness, and them that did rebel upon want. -- Bacon.
This advantage we lost upon the invention of firearms. -- Addison.
Upon the whole, it will be necessary to avoid that perpetual repetition of the same epithets which we find in Homer. -- Pope.
He had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon Glasgow. -- Sir. W. Scott.
Philip swore upon the Evangelists to abstain from aggression in my absence. -- Landor.
Note: Upon conveys a more distinct notion that on carries with it of something that literally or metaphorically bears or supports. It is less employed than it used to be, on having for the most part taken its place. Some expressions formed with it belong only to old style; as, upon pity they were taken away; that is, in consequence of pity: upon the rate of thirty thousand; that is, amounting to the rate: to die upon the hand; that is, by means of the hand: he had a garment upon; that is, upon himself: the time is coming fast upon; that is, upon the present time. By the omission of its object, upon acquires an adverbial sense, as in the last two examples.
To assure upon (Law), To promise; to undertake.
To come upon. See under Come.
To take upon, To assume.
Uppent (a.) A Pent up; confined. [Obs.]
Upper (a.; comp. of Up.) [Z] [B]（地點，位置等）較高的；上面的；上首的；上游的；內地的；北部的；（地位，等級）較高的；上層的；上流的 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.
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. The atmosphere.
Upper world. Heaven.
Upper world. This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the underworld.
Upper (n.) [C] 鞋幫；【口】上舖；上齒 The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
Upper (a.) The topmost one of two.
Upper (a.) Higher in place or position; "the upper bunk"; "in the upper center of the picture"; "the upper stories."
Upper (a.) Superior in rank or accomplishment; "the upper half of the class."
Upper (n.) The higher of two berths [syn: upper berth, upper].
Upper (n.) Piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot; "Uppers come in many styles."
Upper (n.) A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression [syn: amphetamine, pep pill, upper, speed].
Uppermost (a.) 至上的；最高的；最主要的 Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme.
Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. -- Swift.
Uppermost (adv.) 至上地；最高；最初 In or into the most prominent position, as in the mind; "say what comes uppermost."
Uppermost (adv.) In or into the highest position; "the blade turned uppermost."
Uppermost (a.) At or nearest to the top; "the uppermost book in the pile"; "on the topmost step" [syn: topmost, uppermost, upmost].
Uppertendom (n.) The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper. [Colloq.]
Uppile (v. t.) To pile, or heap, up. -- Southey.
Uppish (a.) Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority. [Colloq.] -- T. Brown. -- Up"pish*ly, adv. [Colloq.] -- Up"pish*ness, n. [Colloq.]
Uppish (a.) (Used colloquially) Overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family" -- Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety" [syn: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish].
Upplight () imp. & p. p. of Uppluck.
Uppluck (v. t.) To pull or pluck up. [Obs.]
Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal. -- Mason.
Upprop (v. t.) To prop up. --Donne.
Upraise (v. t.) To raise; to lift up.
Upraise (v.) Cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" [syn: resurrect, raise, upraise].
Uprear (v. t.) To raise; to erect. -- Byron.
Upridged (a.) Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged. -- Cowper.
Upright (n.) Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.
Upright (n.) (Basketwork) A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full upright shave.
Upright (n.) (Football) The vertical part of a goalpost, especially the part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly between the uprights.
Upright (a.) In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. -- Dryden.
All have their ears upright. -- Spenser.
Upright (a.) Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
And that man [Job] was perfect and upright. -- Job i. 1.
Upright (a.) Conformable to moral rectitude.
Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure. -- J. M. Mason.
Upright (a.) Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. [Obs.] " He lay upright." -- Chaucer.
Upright
(a.)
(Golf) Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a right angle
with the shaft.
Upright drill (Mach.), A drilling machine having the spindle vertical.
Note: This word and its derivatives are usually pronounced in prose with the
accent on the first syllable. But they are frequently pronounced with the
accent on the second in poetry, and the accent on either syllable is
admissible.
Upright (a.) In a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post" [syn: upright, unsloped].
Upright (a.) Of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man" [syn: good, just, upright].
Upright (a.) Upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright" [syn: erect, vertical, upright] [ant: unerect].
Upright (n.) A vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights" [syn: upright, vertical],
Upright (n.) A piano with a vertical sounding board [syn: upright, upright piano].
Uprighteously (adv.) In an upright or just manner. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Uprightly (adv.) In an upright manner.
Uprightly (adv.) In an honorable manner; "he acted honorably" [syn: honorably, uprightly] [ant: dishonorably].
Uprightly (adv.) In an upright position.
Uprightness (n.) the quality or state of being upright.
Uprightness (n.) The property of being upright in posture [syn: erectness, uprightness].
Uprightness (n.) Position at right angles to the horizon [syn: verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness].
Uprightness (n.) Righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest [syn: uprightness, rectitude].
Uprightness (n.) [ U ] (Approving) The quality of being honest, responsible, and moral.
Uprise (v. i.) 起床；上升；登高；增大；增高 To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon. "Uprose the sun." -- Cowley.
Uprose the virgin with the morning light. -- Pope.
Uprise (v. i.) To have an upward direction or inclination.
Uprose the mystic mountain range. -- Tennyson.
Uprise (n.) The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. [R.]
Did ever raven sing so like a lark, That gives sweet tidings of the sun's uprise? -- Shak.
Uprise (v.) Come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow].
Uprise (v.) Ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church."
Uprise (v.) Rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: bristle, uprise, stand up].
Uprise (v.) Rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" [syn: arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up] [ant: lie, lie down, sit, sit down].
Uprise (v.) Come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" [syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend] [ant: go down, go under, set].
Uprise (v.) Move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down].
Uprise (v.) Return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" [syn: resurrect, rise, uprise].
Uprise (v.) Get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise] [ant: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in].
Uprising (n.) Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent. "The steep uprising of the hill." -- Shak.
Uprising (n.) An insurrection; a popular revolt. -- J. P. Peters.
Uprist (n.) Uprising. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Uprist () imp. of Uprise. Uprose. -- Chaucer.
Nor dim nor red, like God's own head The glorious sun uprist. -- Coleridge.
Uproar (n.) [U] [S1] 騷亂；騷動；吵鬧；喧囂 Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.
But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. -- Acts xvii. 5.
Uproar (v. t.) To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] "Uproar the universal peace." -- Shak.
Uproar (v. i.) To make an uproar. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Uproar (n.) A state of commotion and noise and confusion [syn: {tumult}, {tumultuousness}, {uproar}, {garboil}].
Uproar (n.) Loud confused noise from many sources [syn: {hubbub}, {uproar}, {brouhaha}, {katzenjammer}].
Uproarious (a.) 喧囂的；騷動的；令人捧腹大笑的 Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment. -- {Up*roar"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Up*roar"i*ous*ness}, n.
Uproarious (a.) Uncontrollably noisy [syn: {rackety}, {rip-roaring}, {uproarious}].
Uproarious (a.) Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories" [syn: {hilarious}, {screaming(a)}, {uproarious}].
Uproll (v. t.) To roll up. -- Milton.
Uproot (v. t.) [H] 連根拔；根除；滅絕；趕走；把……趕出家園；(v. i.) 遷離；改變生活方式 To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
Trees uprooted left their place. -- Dryden.
At his command the uprooted hills retired. -- Milton.
Uproot (v.) Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people" [syn: {uproot}, {deracinate}].
Uproot (v.) Destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" [syn: {uproot}, {eradicate}, {extirpate}, {root out}, {exterminate}].
Uproot (v.) Pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" [syn: {uproot}, {extirpate}, {deracinate}, {root out}].
Uprouse (v. t.) To rouse up; to rouse from sleep; to awake; to arouse. -- Shak.
Uprun (v. i.) To run up; to ascend.
The young sun That in the Ram is four degrees uprun. -- Chaucer.
[A son] of matchless might, who, like a thriving plant, Upran to manhood. -- Cowper.
Uprush (v. i.) To rush upward. -- Southey.
Uprush (n.) Act of rushing upward; an upbreak or upburst; as, an uprush of lava. -- R. A. Proctor.
Upsarokas (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) See Crows.
Compare: Crows
Crows (n. pl.; sing. Crow.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called Upsarokas.
Upseek (v. i.) To seek or strain upward. "Upseeking eyes suffused with . . . tears." -- Southey.
Upsend (v. t.) To send, cast, or throw up.
As when some island situate afar . . . Upsends a smoke to heaven. -- Cowper.
Upset (v. i.) 翻倒；傾覆 To become upset.
Upset (a.) Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold.
After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. -- Sir W. Scott.
Upset price (n.) [C] (Property US Scottish) 拍賣時之底價 The lowest price at which a property may be sold, set by a court especially after a foreclosure (= a situation in which a bank takes a property because the owner cannot make payments on the loan): Normally, lenders put up houses for auction with bids starting at the upset price in order to recoup their costs.
Compare: Foreclosure
Foreclosure (n.) [Mass noun] 終止回贖權；１.原指終止抵押物回贖權之訴。抵押人未在規定期限內清償抵押債務時，抵押權人有權起訴請求終止抵押人對抵押物的回贖權，由抵押權人取得抵押物的所有權或變賣抵押物以清償債務；２.現在一般指依法執行留置權、信託合同或抵押權。The action of taking possession of a mortgaged property when the mortgagor fails to keep up their mortgage payments.
‘Assistance for mortgage borrowers facing foreclosure.’
[Count noun ]‘Major increases in home foreclosures.’
Upset (n.) 翻倒，顛覆； 心煩意亂； 混亂 The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
Upset (v. t.) 弄翻，打翻；傾覆；打亂，攪亂；意外地擊敗 To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] "With sail on mast upset." -- R. of Brunne.
Upset (v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
Upset (v. t.) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
Upset (v. t.) To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument. "Determined somehow to upset the situation." -- Mrs. Humphry Ward.
Upset (v. t.) To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.]
Upset (v. t.) (Basketwork) To turn upwards the outer ends of (stakes) so as to make a foundation for the side of a basket or the like; also, to form (the side) in this manner.
Upset (a.) 難過的； 失望的； 沮喪的； （腸胃）不舒服的 Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children" [syn: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried].
Upset (a.) Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset" [syn: broken, confused, disordered, upset].
Upset (a.) Used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers."
Upset (a.) Mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach."
Upset (a.) Having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket" [syn: overturned, upset, upturned].
Upset (n.) An unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" [syn: disturbance, perturbation, upset].
Upset (n.) The act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living" [syn: upset, derangement, overthrow].
Upset (n.) A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" [syn: disorder, upset].
Upset (n.) A tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging [syn: upset, swage].
Upset (n.) The act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset, overturn, turnover].
Upset (n.) An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" [syn: overturn, upset].
Upset (v.) Disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries."
Upset (v.) Cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit].
Upset (v.) Move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" [syn: disturb, upset, trouble].
Upset (v.) Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn: overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over].
Upset (v.) Form metals with a swage [syn: swage, upset].
Upset (v.) Defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team."
Upsetting (a.) Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Upsetting (a.) such as to disturb the self-possession of; unnerving; causing mental distress; as, the sight was an upsetting experience.
Upsetting (a.) causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience" [syn: disconcerting, upsetting].
Upshoot (v. i.) To shoot upward. "Trees upshooting high." -- Spenser.
Upshot (n.) Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.
I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot. -- Shak.
We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. -- De Quincey.
Upshot (n.) A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn: consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot].
Upside (n.) The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
Upside
(n.) the
benefits; the positive features; -- said of a situation or event that has both
positive (good) and negative (bad) aspects.
To be upsides with, to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] -- Sir
W. Scott. -- T. Hughes.
Upside down. [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down, literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. -- Shak.
These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. -- Acts xvii. 6.
Upside (n.) The highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted" [syn: top, top side, upper side, upside].
Compare: Upside down
Upside down (adv.) In such a manner that the part normally pointed upward is pointed downward; same as upsidown and upsodown.
Upsidown (adv.) See Upsodown. [Obs. or Colloq.] -- Spenser.
Upsitting (n.) A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends. [Obs.]
To invite your lady's upsitting. -- Beau. & Fl.
Upskip (n.) An upstart. [Obs.] -- Latimer.
Upsnatch (v. t.) To snatch up. [R.]
Upsoar (v. i.) To soar or mount up. -- Pope.
Upside down (adv.) In such a manner that the part normally pointed upward is pointed downward; same as upsidown and upsodown.
Upsodown (adv.) Upside down. [Obs. or Colloq.] -- Wyclif.
In man's sin is every manner order or ordinance turned upsodown. -- Chaucer.