Upward

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈʌpwɜː(ɹ)d/
• UK IPA: /ˈʌpwÉ™d/

Origin

From Old English upweardes. See up, ward.

Adverb

adverb

1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.
• Richard Hooker (1554-1600)Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 23, If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.
2. In the upper parts; above.
• John Milton (1608-1674)Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man,
  And downward fish.
3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
• Bible, Numbers i. 3.From twenty years old and upward.

Full definition of upward

Noun

1. (obsolete) The upper part; the top.From the extremest upward of thy head. -Shak.

Adjective

1. Directed toward a higher place.with upward eye; with upward course

Anagrams

• draw up, updraw