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"from childhood upward"adverbto a later time
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"the fragments flew upwards" "prices soared upwards" "upwardly mobile"adverbspatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher positionOpposite:
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"a general upward movement of fish"adjectiveextending or moving toward a higher place
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"the cards were face upward" "an upward stroke of the pen"adjectivedirected up
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Definition that contains upward
- five a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
- four a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
- high (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')
- six a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips
- reach move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
- low literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
- raise an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- raise move upwards
- lift move upward
- lift rise upward, as from pressure or moisture