- Up
- Up Up, prep.
1. From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a
higher situation upon; at the top of.
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In going up a hill, the knees will be most weary; in going down, the thihgs. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
2. From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson. [1913 Webster]
3. Upon. [Obs.] ``Up pain of death.'' --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.