Up
/ap/
noun
verb
adjective
- Facing upwards.
"Put the notebook face up on the table."
- On or at a physically higher level.
"The flood waters are up again across large areas of the country."
- Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
"Where is the up escalator?"
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
"The Christmas decorations are up."
- Aloft.
"The kite is up!"
adverb
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
"I looked up and saw the airplane overhead."
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
"All day we climbed up and up."
- To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
"Cheer up, the weekend's almost here."
- 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.
"A stranger came up and asked me for directions."
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
"Can you sum up your research?"
preposition
- Toward the top of.
"The cat climbed up the tree."
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
"I felt something crawling up my arm."
- From south to north of.
"We sailed up the East Coast of England from Ipswich to South Shields."
- Further along (in any direction).
"Go up the street until you see the sign."
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
"He led an expedition up the Amazon."
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Up"
Up is a 2-letter word that scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Up" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "up" is a low-scoring word.