Associations to the word «Upward»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
UPWARD, adverb. 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.
UPWARD, adverb. In the upper parts; above.
UPWARD, adverb. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
UPWARD, noun. (obsolete) The upper part; the top.
UPWARD, adjective. Directed toward a higher place.
UPWARD LIGHTNING, noun. (astronomy) (meteorology) an upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, in which the lightning bolt projects straight into the upper atmosphere
UPWARD LIGHTNINGS, noun. Plural of upward lightning
Dictionary definition
UPWARD, adverb. Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile".
UPWARD, adverb. To a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward".
UPWARD, adjective. Directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen".
UPWARD, adjective. Extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish".
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.