<B>uphold, </B>transitive verb, <B>-held,</B> <B>-holding.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to give support to; confirm. <BR> <I>Ex. The principal upheld the teacher's decision.</I> (SYN) sustain. <DD><B> 2. </B>to hold up; not let down; keep from falling; support. <BR> <I>Ex. Walls uphold the roof. We uphold the good name of our school.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to sustain on appeal; approve. <BR> <I>Ex. The higher court upheld the decision of the lower court.</I> noun <B>upholder.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="upholster">
<B>upholster, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to provide (chairs or sofas) with coverings, cushions, springs, or stuffing. <DD><B> 2. </B>to furnish (a room), as with curtains and rugs. </DL>
<A NAME="upholsterer">
<B>upholsterer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person whose business is to cover furniture and provide it with cushions, springs, and stuffing, and sometimes also to furnish and put in place curtains and rugs. </DL>
<A NAME="upholstererbee">
<B>upholsterer bee,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various bees which cut small, regularly-shaped pieces of leaves or flower petals to use as a lining for their cells. </DL>
<A NAME="upholstery">
<B>upholstery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-steries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the coverings for chairs or sofas; cushions, springs, and stuffing for furniture. <DD><B> 2. </B>the business of upholstering. </DL>
<A NAME="uphove">
<B>uphove, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> a past tense and past participle of <B>upheave.</B> </DL>
<B>UPI</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> United Press International (an independent news-gathering agency that distributes news, photographs, and feature stories to its subscribers). </DL>
<A NAME="upjeweling">
<B>upjeweling, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the addition of jewel bearings to imported watch movements brought in with jewels missing under lower customs duties. </DL>
<A NAME="upkeep">
<B>upkeep, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of keeping or condition of being kept up or in good repair; maintenance. <BR> <I>Ex. the upkeep of a house.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the cost of operating and repair. <BR> <I>Ex. The upkeep of a yacht is very expensive.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="upland">
<B>upland, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>elevated or hilly ground; high land. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) upcountry. <DD><I>adj. </I> of high land; living, growing, or situated on high land. <BR> <I>Ex. upland flowers. upland meadows.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>uplands,</B> </I>a hilly or mountainous region or section. <BR> <I>Ex. the uplands of the American West.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uplandcotton">
<B>upland cotton,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a type of cotton having a short staple, much grown in the United States. </DL>
<A NAME="uplandcress">
<B>upland cress,</B> <B>=winter cress.</B></DL>
<A NAME="uplander">
<B>uplander, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an inhabitant of the uplands. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=upland plover.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="uplandplover">
<B>upland plover,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large American sandpiper frequenting upland fields and pastures. </DL>
<A NAME="uplandrice">
<B>upland rice,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> rice that grows where there is much rain. Upland rice needs no irrigation. </DL>
<A NAME="uplands">
<B>uplands, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>upland.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="uplift">
<B>uplift, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to lift or move up; raise; elevate. <BR> <I>Ex. At thy voice her pining sons uplifted Their prostrate brows (Shelley).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to exalt emotionally or spiritually. <BR> <I>Ex. to uplift the mind and soul by prayer.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to raise socially or economically; improve the status of. <DD><B> 4. </B>to raise morally or intellectually; improve the quality of. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of lifting up. <DD><B> 2. </B>emotional or spiritual exaltation. <DD><B> 3. </B>social or moral improvement or effort toward it. <BR> <I>Ex. Now you look here! The first thing you got to understand is that all this uplift ... and settlement work and recreation is nothing in God's world but the entering wedge for socialism (Sinclair Lewis).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Geology.) an upward heaving of the earth's surface, especially one which is very slow. <BR> <I>Ex. Uplift ... turns sea bottoms into land (Carroll Lane Fenton).</I> noun <B>uplifter.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="upliftment">
<B>upliftment, </B>noun. <B>=uplift.</B></DL>
<A NAME="uplink">
<B>uplink, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the communications connection for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a spacecraft or satellite. <BR> <I>Ex. Oscar 6 [an amateur artificial satellite] received signals in the 145.9-146.0 MHz range (uplink) and retransmitted them at 29.45-29.55 MHz (downlink) (Morgan W. Godwin).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="upload">
<B>upload, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to transmit information from a terminal to a databank or from a smaller to a larger computer. </DL>
<B>up-market, </B>adjective, adverb, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) <DD><I>adj., adv. </I> of, for, or toward the consumer that is above the average in income. <BR> <I>Ex. It is possible that Chrysler could still move upmarket, but it will need less conservative management from the US parent (New Scientist).</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to direct toward a higher-income consumer market. <BR> <I>Ex. to up-market Noilly Dry French, plugging heavily the drink's provenance (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="upmost">
<B>upmost, </B>adjective. <B>=uppermost.</B></DL>
<A NAME="upon">
<B>upon, </B>preposition, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>prep. </I> <B>=on.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. He stood upon the ladder.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> (Obsolete.) <B>1a. </B>on the surface. <DD><B> b. </B>on one's person. <DD><B> 2. </B>thereafter; thereupon. </DL>
<A NAME="upper">
<B>upper, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>that is the higher of two: <DD><B> a. </B>higher in position or location. <BR> <I>Ex. the upper lip, an upper berth.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>higher in rank, office, or station; superior. <BR> <I>Ex. the upper grades in school, the upper classes.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>above the bottom or other point. <BR> <I>Ex. the upper floors of an office building.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>consisting of those members of a legislative body who are usually less subject to direct control by voters and are comparatively few in number. <BR> <I>Ex. the upper branch of a legislature.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Geology.) <DD><B> a. </B>Usually, <B>Upper.</B> being or relating to a later division of a period, system, or the like; more recent. <BR> <I>Ex. Upper Cambrian.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>lying nearer the surface and formed later than others of its group, type, or class. <BR> <I>Ex. an upper stratum.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>farther from the sea or nearer to the source. <BR> <I>Ex. the upper reaches of a river.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>that covers or clothes a part of the body above the waist, especially the chest or shoulders. <BR> <I>Ex. an upper garment.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Archaic.) worn over another; outer. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the part of a shoe or boot above the sole. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) an upper berth. <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a stimulant drug. <BR> <I>Ex. ... an excessive number of amphetamine tablets and assorted other "uppers" (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S., Archaic.) a cloth gaiter. <BR><I>expr. <B>on one's uppers,</B> (Informal.) <DD><B> a. </B>with the soles of one's shoes worn out. </I> <I>Ex. to walk on one's uppers.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) very shabby or poor. <BR> <I>Ex. I'm on my uppers ... I want money (R. Marsh).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>uppers,</B> </I>(U.S.) an upper set of false teeth. <BR> <I>Ex. The short upper lip ... makes him look like he doesn't have his uppers in (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="upperair">
<B>upper air</B> or <B>atmosphere,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the stratosphere and ionosphere. </DL>
<A NAME="upperbound">
<B>upper bound,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics.) a number which is higher than or equal to a given function. </DL>
<A NAME="upperbracket">
<B>upper-bracket, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of a higher bracket, rank, or level. <BR> <I>Ex. As to income, 10 per cent of the total population is rated upper-bracket (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uppercarboniferous">
<B>Upper Carboniferous,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) the name outside of North America for the Pennsylvanian period of Carboniferous time. </DL>
<A NAME="uppercase">
<B>upper case,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>capital letters. (Abbr:) u.c. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Printing.) a frame in which types for capital letters are kept for hand setting. </DL>
<A NAME="uppercase">
<B>upper-case, </B>adjective, verb, <B>-cased,</B> <B>-casing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Printing.) <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>in capital letters. <DD><B> 2. </B>capital. <BR> <I>Ex. upper-case letters.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to print in capital letters. </DL>
<A NAME="upperclass">
<B>upper-class, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of, having to do with, or included in the upper class. <BR> <I>Ex. upper-class society.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with the junior and senior classes in a college or school. </DL>
<A NAME="upperclass">
<B>upper class,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a class of society above the middle class, having the highest social and economic status. The upper class includes the aristocracy, the gentry, and those with the highest incomes and the most power in society. <DD><B> 2. </B>the junior and senior classes in schools and colleges. </DL>
<A NAME="upperclassman">
<B>upperclassman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a junior or senior in a college or school. </DL>
<A NAME="uppercrust">
<B>upper crust,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Informal.) the upper classes. <BR> <I>Ex. The St. Louis upper crust had looked down their noses at the fair as mere vulgar show and noise (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the upper layer of pastry on a pie. </DL>
<A NAME="uppercrust">
<B>upper-crust, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) of or having to do with the upper classes. </DL>
<A NAME="uppercut">
<B>uppercut, </B>noun, verb, <B>-cut,</B> <B>-cutting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Boxing.) <DD><I>noun </I> a swinging blow with the fist directed upward from beneath; punch that is delivered at a sharp upward angle. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to strike with or deliver such a blow. </DL>
