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up | man |

As a verb up

is to upturn, to turn over.

As a pronoun man is

i.

up

English

(part of speech is dubious for many senses) (wikipedia up)

Adverb

(-)
  • Away from the centre of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
    • I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
  • (intensifier) (Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state) Thoroughly, completely.
    • I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
    Tear up the contract.
    He really messed up .
    Please type up our monthly report.
  • To or from one's possession or consideration.
    • I picked up some milk on the way home.
    The committee will take up your request.
    She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
  • North.
    • I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
  • To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
    • Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
    Turn it up , I can barely hear it.
    Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
    Cheer up , the weekend's almost here.
  • (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
  • (sailing) Against the wind or current.
  • (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
  • (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
    • The bowler pitched the ball up .
  • (hospitality) Without additional ice.
    • Would you like that drink up or on ice?
  • (UK, academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
    • She's going up to read Classics this September.
  • * 1867 , John Timbs, Lives of wits and humourists , p. 125
    • The son of the Dean of Lichfield was only three years older than Steele, who was a lad of only twelve, when at the age of fifteen, Addison went up to Oxford.
  • * 1998 , Rita McWilliams Tullberg, Women at Cambridge , p. 112
    • Others insinuated that women 'crowded up to Cambridge', not for the benefits of a higher education, but because of the proximity of 2,000 young men.
  • * 2002 , Peter Harman, Cambridge Scientific Minds , p. 79
    • A precocious mathematician, Babbage was already well versed in the Continental mathematical notations when he went up to Cambridge.
  • 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 .
    • I was up to my chin in water.
    A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
  • To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
    • Drink up . The pub is closing.
    Can you sum up your research?
    The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
    I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
  • Aside, so as not to be in use.
    • to lay up''' riches; put '''up your weapons

    Antonyms

    * (away from the centre of the Earth) down * (louder) down * (higher in pitch) down * (towards the principal terminus) down

    Derived terms

    * all it's cracked up to be * back up * backup * bottoms up * bottom-up * blow up * break up * buck up * build up * burn up * clog up * cloud up * clean up * clear up * close up * crack up * cut up * double up * dress up * dry up * eat up * finish up * gang up * gang up on * go up * kick up * knock up * lash up * let up * look up * lookup * muck up * one-up * one-upmanship * open up * polish up * run up * runner up * runup * shake up * shoot up * show up * shut up * stir up * stop up * turn up * up a tree * up to * up to it * upon * upper * uppity * upto * upward * upwards * walkup * wet up * work up * write up

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Toward the top of.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}
  • Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
  • Further along (in any direction).
  • From south to north of
  • * 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
    • Though the storm raged up the East Coast, it has become increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it.

    Antonyms

    * (toward the top of) down

    Derived terms

    * give up * pick up * put up * ring up * take up * throw up * up a creek * up someone's alley

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Awake.
    • I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up .
  • Finished, to an end
    • Time is up !
  • In a good mood.
    • I’m feeling up today.
  • Willing; ready.
    • If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
  • Next in a sequence.
    • Smith is up to bat.
  • Happening; new.
    • What is up with that project at headquarters?
  • Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
    • Put the notebook face up on the table.
    Take a break and put your feet up .
  • Larger, greater in quantity.
    • Sales are up from last quarter.
  • Standing.
    • Get up and give her your seat.
  • On a higher level.
  • * 1925 , Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), , silent movie
    • ‘The Phantom! The Phantom is up from the cellars again!’
  • Available; made public.
    • The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
  • Well-informed; current.
    • I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
  • (computing) Functional; working.
    • Is the server back up ?
  • (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
    • The London train is on the up line.
  • Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
  • (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
    • A Cosmopolitan is typically served up .
  • (slang) Erect.
  • (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • I have said I was still in darkness, yet it was not the blackness of the last night; and looking up into the inside of the tomb above, I could see the faintest line of light at one corner, which showed the sun was up .
  • (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
  • * 1996 , Matthew Busby Hunt, The Sociolinguistics of Tagging and Chicano Gang Graffiti (page 71)
    • Being "up" means having numerous graffiti in the tagging landscape.
  • * 2009 , Gregory J. Snyder, Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground (pages 16-40)
    • Graffiti writers want their names seen by writers and others so that they will be famous. Therefore writers are very serious about any opportunity to “get up'.” The throw-up became one of the fundamental techniques for getting ' up , and thereby gaining recognition and fame.
  • * 2011 , Adam Melnyk, Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti
    • From his great rooftop pieces, selected for high visibility, to his sneaky tags and fun loving stickers, he most certainly knows how to get up .

    Antonyms

    * (facing upwards) down * (on a higher level) down * down * (traveling towards a major terminus) down

    Derived terms

    * know which end is up * up and running * up for grabs * upside * upside down

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
    • Up is a good way to go.
  • (countable) A positive thing.
    • I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
  • An upstairs room of a two story house.
    • She lives in a two-up two-down.

    Usage notes

    * Up is not commonly used as object of a preposition.

    Antonyms

    * (direction opposed to the pull of gravity) down

    Derived terms

    * ups and downs

    Verb

    (upp)
  • (colloquial) To increase or raise.
    • If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
    We upped anchor and sailed away.
  • *
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=Marc Higginson , title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa , work=BBC Sport citation , passage=After a dreadful performance in the opening 45 minutes, they upped their game after the break and might have taken at least a point from the match.}}
  • (colloquial) To promote.
    • It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
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  • To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
    • He just upped and quit.
    He upped and punched that guy.
  • * 1991 , (Michael Jackson),
    • And she didn't leave a letter, she just upped and ran away.

    Synonyms

    * (increase) turn up

    Derived terms

    * up and * up and go * up and leave * up the ante * up the game

    References

    * Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition , Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

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    man

    English

    Noun

    (men)
  • An adult male human.
  • * 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry V , act 4, scene 1:
    • The king is but a man , as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
  • *
  • *:“it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • (lb) All human males collectively: mankind.
  • * 2011 , Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In , p.109:
    • Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.
  • A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult.
  • * 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry IV, Part 2 , act 4, scene 2:
    • a man cannot make him laugh.
  • * 1611 , Bible (KJV), (w) 12.17:
    • Recompence to no man euill for euill.
  • * (Joseph Addison), Monaco, Genoa, &c. , p.9:
    • A man would expect, in so very ancient a town of Italy, to find some considerable antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old Rostrum of a Roman ship, that stands over the door of their arsenal.
  • * 1991' edition (original: '''1953 ), Darell Huff, ''[//archive.org/details/HowToLieWithStatistics How to Lie with Statistics] , pp.19–20:
    • Similarly, the next time you learn from your reading that the average man (you hear a good deal about him these days, most of it faintly improbable) brushes his teeth 1.02 times a day—a figure I have just made up, but it may be as good as anyone else's – ask yourself a question. How can anyone have found out such a thing? Is a woman who has read in countless advertisements that non-brushers are social offenders going to confess to a stranger that she does not brush her teeth regularly?
  • (lb) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity.
  • * 1647 , Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 10:
    • How did God create man ?
    God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
  • *
  • A member of the genus Homo'', especially of the species ''Homo sapiens .
  • * 1990 , The Almanac of Science and Technology (ISBN 0151050503), p.68:
    • The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man , in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.
  • (lb) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.
  • * A Gest of Robyn Hode'', in the ''Child Ballads :
    • For God is holde a ryghtwys man .
  • * 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Much Ado about Nothing , act 3, scene 5:
    • God's a good man .
  • * 1609 , (Ben Jonson), :
    • Expect: But was the devil a proper man , gossip?
    As fine a gentleman of his inches as ever I saw trusted to the stage, or any where else.
  • An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
  • * 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), :
    • He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house
  • * 2011 , Timothy Shephard, Can We Help Us?: Growing Up Bi-Racial in America (ISBN 1456754610), p.181:
    • I had the opportunity to marry one of them but wasn't mature enough to be a man and marry her and be close to the.
  • Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
  • * 1598 , (Ben Jonson), (Every Man in His Humour)
    • Methought he bare himself in such a fashion, / So full of man , and sweetness in his carriage, /
  • A husband.
  • * Book of Common Prayer :
    • I pronounce that they are man and wife.
  • * 1715 , (Joseph Addison), The Freeholder :
    • In the next place, every wife ought to answer for her man .
  • A lover; a boyfriend.
  • A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
  • A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
  • A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
  • * 2007 , Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night (ISBN 0778324567), p.553:
  • *:"She's the man for the job."
  • * 2008 , Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season (ISBN 160239329X), p.148:
    • Joanie volunteered, of course — if any dirty job is on offer requiring running, she's your man —
  • * 2012 , The Island Caper: A Jake Lafferty Action Novel (ISBN 1622951999), p.34:
    • He also owns the only backhoe tractor on Elbow Cay, so whenever anyone needs a cistern dug, he's their man .
  • A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
  • * 1909 , Harper's Weekly , Vol.53, p.iii:
    • When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men .
  • * 1913 , Robert Herrick, One Woman's Life , p.46:
  • *:"And they're very good people, I assure you — he's a Harvard man ." It was the first time Milly had met on intimate terms a graduate of a large university.
  • An adult male servant. (lb) A vassal. A subject.
    • (old proverb)
  • * William Blackstone:
    • The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honour.
  • *
  • A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
  • * 1883 , Henry Richter, Chess Simplified! , p.4:
    • The white men' are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black ' men are placed opposite.
  • (non-gloss definition, Used to refer to oneself or one's group): I, we; (construed in the third person).
  • * 2011 , (Top Boy) :
  • *:Sully: If it weren’t for that snake ... Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.

    • Usage notes

    * The most common modern sense of the word is “an adult male human”, not “a generic human” or “humankind”, which explains the awkwardness of the following sentence: *: Man, like other mammals, breastfeeds his young. Nonsexist Language Guideline , the University of New Hampshire. * Nonsexist language advocates recommend the use of human'', ''human being'', ''humankind'' or ''person'', depending on context, instead of ''man .

    Synonyms

    * (adult male human) omi (Polari); see also * See also * See also

    See also

    * the man * boy; male * woman * human

    Derived terms

    * airman * anchor man * bad man * barman * best man * black man * caveman * common man * company man * con man * dead man * dirty old man * Earthman * family man * fireman * foreman * government man * headman * hitman * kept man * lady's man * -man * man among men * manface * manful * manhood * mankind * manly * man of God * man of science * man of the cloth * man of the people * man of the world * man of war * man on * manpower * man's man * mantrap/man-trap/man trap * Marlboro Man * mountain man * old man * overman * policeman * underman * pan man * renaissance man * seaman * see a man about a dog * straight man * straw man * stunt man * strong man * the man * waterman * white man * woman * yes-man

    Verb

    (mann)
  • To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
    • The shipped was manned with a small crew.
  • To take up position in order to operate (something).
    • Man the machine guns!
  • * 1876 , Julian Hawthorne, Saxon Studies :
    • he manned himself heroically
  • To wait on, attend to or escort.
  • To accustom (a hawk or other bird) to the presence of men.

    • Derived terms

    * overman (verb)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
    • Man , that was a great catch!

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "man")

    References

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