upper

CEFRB1

/ˈʌpə/

adjective

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adjective
Located above or higher than something else.
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adjective
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Situated on higher ground, further inland, more upstream, or more northerly.

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My upper right wisdom tooth hurts.
genuine leather upper / balance manmade [label on a shoe]
1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Patrick was a cabbie & a dispatcher at Yellow Cab & when we got to the church where the [funeral] services were being held, the cabbies cam...

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Eye Girl is very moody. She is always zooted up on some really foul combination of uppers and downers and Rollerblading. Her bouts of Rollerblading seem to coincide with fights with Eye Guy.
1997, Maggie Estep, Diary of an Emotional Idiot: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 6
Say, for example, a person starts with the use of a downer that reduces any anxiety and produces a sense of relaxation. When their energy levels drop, they take a stimulant in order to continue participating in the party or another event. This creates a cycle that could lead to significant drug use and drastically increases the risk of overdose or death. It is critical to know which drugs are uppers and downers to avoid this combination.
2024 April 10 [2020 August 27], Nick B., “Which Drugs Are Uppers And Downers?”, in The Freedom Center, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2025
The slewing ring is basically a large bearing upon which the upper is mounted. The outer race of the slewing ring is bolted to the upper, and the inner race is bolted to the car-body.
1992, Organizational, Direct Support, and General Support, page 5
These lines, GH and PC, are cut when the outline of the upper is cut out.
2012, Reginald Laubin, Gladys Laubin, The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction, and Use
The uppers of his patent-leather shoes were hidden by fawn spats.
1930, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 4, in The Maltese Falcon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 52

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Middle English -er Middle English upper English upper Inherited from Middle English upper. By surface analysis, up + -er.