upper
IPA: ˈʌpɝ
noun
- A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
- Anything that cheers one up.
- The upper portion of something
- (shoemaking) The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.
- (footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.
- Someone with higher social standing
- A senior student.
- That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
- A tooth in the upper jaw.
- A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.
- An upper berth or bunk.
- (Taoism) A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.
adjective
- At a higher level, rank or position.
- Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
- (geology, of strata or geological time periods) younger, more recent
- (education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
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Examples of "upper" in Sentences
- The peak is the upper aft corner.
- The lower jaw is forward of the upper.
- There is a porthole for the upper bunk.
- The dormitories are on the upper levels.
- Most of the upper floors are impassable.
- It is a palimpsest, the upper text is in Arabic.
- It is the displacement of the upper femoral epiphysis.
- The vamp is connected to the upper at the top of the moccasin.
- The upper quartile value is the median of the upper half of the data.
- The upper inner surface of the heel part is attached to the footwear upper.