upˈ-and-comˈing adjective

1. Alert and pushful
2. Likely to succeed (in a career, etc)

upˈ-and-downˈ adjective

1. (see also up and down below) undulating
2. Going or working both, or alternately, up and down
3. Downright (US)

noun (golf; informal)

An act of completing a hole from a position off the green by using one lofted shot and one putt

upˈ-and-oˈver adjective

(of a door, etc) raised to a horizontal position when opened (also upˈ-oˈver)

upˈ-and-unˈderˈ noun (rugby)

A movement in which the ball is kicked high and forward, and the players rush to try to catch it

upˈ-beat noun

1. An unaccented beat, at which the conductor raises his baton
2. An optimistic note or mood
3. A promising development

adjective (informal; upˈbeat)

1. Cheerful
2. Optimistic

upˈbow noun (music)

A movement of the bow from point towards nut over the strings

upˈ-current or upˈ-draught noun

A rising current of air

upfront see up front below.

upˈland noun

1. Inland, hilly or high-lying country
2. Upper or high land, as opposed to meadows, river-sides, etc (N American)

adjective

1. High-lying
2. Remote
3. Inland
4. Rural
5. Of the uplands

upland cotton noun

A variety of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) orig grown in America

upˈlander noun

uplandˈish adjective (obsolete)

1. Rustic
2. Rural
3. Outlandish

upˈ-line noun

A railway line for upgoing trains (ie those going to, not from, eg a city)

upper atmosphere noun

The region of the atmosphere above about 20 miles from the earth

uppˈer-brackˈet adjective

In an upper grouping in a list, etc

uppˈer-case adjective (printing)

Literally, kept in an upper case, capital as opposed to small (of letters)

upper chamber same as upper house below.

upper class or upper classes noun

The people of the highest social rank

uppˈer-classˈ adjective

upper crust noun

1. The top of a loaf
2. The aristocracy, or the upper class or classes in any society
3. The head (slang)
4. A hat (slang)

uppˈer-crustˈ adjective

Upper-class, aristocratic

uppˈercut noun

An upward short-arm blow

upper hand noun

Mastery, advantage

upper house noun

In a bicameral legislature, the house that is the more restricted in membership, eg House of Lords, Senate of USA and other countries

upper regions plural noun

1. Heaven
2. The heavens, the sky

Upper Roger noun

Corruption of Hindi Yuva-rājā, young prince

upper school noun

The senior pupils in a secondary school

upper storey or (esp in N American) upper story noun

1. Any storey above the first floor
2. The brain (slang)

upper ten (thousand) noun

The richest or most influential class

uppˈerworks plural noun

1. The upper part of a structure (of a ship above the load-line)
2. The head (slang)

uppˈing-block, uppˈing-stock or uppˈing-stone noun

A mounting block

upˈside noun

1. The upper side
2. A positive or favourable aspect

adverb

On the upper side

upside down or upˈside-downˈ adverb (earlier up so down; Spenser upˈsideowneˈ)

1. With the upper part undermost
2. In, or into, complete confusion

adjective

Turned upside down

upside-down cake noun

A sponge cake baked with fruit at the bottom and turned upside down before it is served

upˈsides adverb

1. On a par (with with)
2. Beside

upˈ-train noun

A railway train proceeding towards the chief terminus

upward mobility noun

The (desired) state of the upwardly mobile, those people moving (or attempting to move) to a higher social rank or position of greater status

be up in

To have a knowledge of

have had it up to here (informal)

To have had as much as one can take, to be fed up (usu with a gesture towards the throat)

it is all up (with)

There is no hope (for)

not up (tennis)

Called when the ball bounces twice before the player manages to hit it

on one's uppers

1. With soles worn off one's shoes
2. Very short of money

on the up (cricket)

(of a stroke) played as the ball rises from its bounce

on the up and up

1. In a state of continuous progress towards ever greater success
2. Honest, on the level

something is up

Something is amiss, something unusual or unexpected is happening or has happened

up against

Face to face with, confronted with

up against it

In almost desperate straits

up and doing

Bestirring oneself

up and down

1. To and fro
2. Here and there through or about
3. Throughout
4. Vertically
5. Out-and-out

up and running

Fully functional

up at

Attending, studying at (a university)

up close and personal

Intimate or intimately

up for

1. Available for or undergoing (some process)
2. Willing to take part in (informal)
3. Standing as a candidate for

up front

1. At the front
2. To the forefront
3. Foremost
4. (of money) paid in advance
5. Candidly, openly (up-frontˈ or upfrontˈ adjective)

up oneself (slang)

Smugly pleased with oneself

ups and downs

1. Undulations
2. Vicissitudes

up sticks (informal)

To move one's home, business, etc, decamp

up to

1. As far up as
2. Into the immediate neighbourhood or presence of
3. Immersed or embedded as far as
4. About, meditating or engaged in doing (informal)
5. Capable of and ready for (informal)
6. Incumbent upon

up to date

1. To the present time or time in question
2. Containing all recent facts, statistics, etc
3. Knowing the latest developments of fashion, usage, etc (upˈ-to-dateˈ adjective)

up top (informal)

In the head, in respect of intelligence

up to speed

1. Having reached the required speed
2. Fully informed of the latest developments (informal)
3. On the alert, ready for action (informal)

up to the minute or moment

Right up to the present time (up-to-the-minˈute or up-to-the-moˈment adjective very up-to-date)

up town

1. Into town
2. In or to the residential part of a town (N American)

up with

1. Abreast of
2. Even with
3. To take off or swallow
4. Put, get, etc up (see under up), often as an exclamation of approbation and partisanship

up yours (vulgar sl)

An expression of strong refusal, defiance, contempt, etc

what's up? (with you?, etc)

What's the matter, what's wrong (with you, etc)?

come /kum/

intransitive verb (comˈing; came /kām/; come)

1. To move toward the place that is the point of view of the speaker or writer, opp of go
2. To draw near
3. To arrive at a certain state or condition
4. To occupy a specific place in order, priority, etc
5. To issue, to happen, to turn out
6. To yield (Shakespeare)
7. To become
8. To amount (to)
9. To reach
10. To begin to be in some condition
11. To achieve a sexual orgasm, to ejaculate (slang)
12. To be had, got or gained
13. (only 3rd pers sing; esp in subjunctive) when (a certain time) comes (as in Come five o'clock, it will be dark outside)

transitive verb (informal)

1. To act the part of, assume the behaviour of, as in Don't come the innocent with me
2. (with it) to try to impress, assert one's authority over, etc

interjection (or imperative)

Expressive of encouragement, protest or reproof (often in phrases come come or come now)

noun (vulgar sl; also cum)

Ejaculated semen

comˈer (also archaic commˈer) noun

1. Someone who comes or has come
2. A person who shows promise (informal)

comˈing noun

1. Arrival or approach
2. (esp with cap) the Advent, or the hoped-for return (also Second Coming) of Christ

interjection

Used as a response to a request or requirement for one's attention or presence

adjective

1. Future
2. Of future importance
3. Ready to make or meet advances (archaic)

come-and-goˈ noun

Passage to and fro

come-atˈ-able adjective (informal)

Accessible

comeˈback noun

1. A return, esp to a former activity or good, popular, successful, etc state
2. A revival
3. A retort, rejoinder
4. Cause or ability to complain
5. Recrimination

comeˈdown noun

1. A descent
2. A disappointment or deflation
3. A degradation

come-hithˈer noun

1. An invitation to approach
2. Allure

adjective

(of a look, manner, etc) inviting (esp sexually), alluring

comeˈ-off noun

1. A conclusion
2. An evasion of duty

comeˈ-on noun (informal)

1. Encouragement, esp sexual
2. Persuasion

comeˈ-o'-will noun

1. Something that comes of its own accord
2. An illegitimate child (also comeˈ-by-chance)

comeuppˈance noun (informal)

Deserved rebuke or punishment

comˈings-inˈ plural noun

Income

all comers

Everyone who arrives, volunteers, etc

as…as they come

To the greatest extent possible

as it comes

However it is made, in any way whatsoever

come about

1. To happen
2. To turn to face the opposite way (nautical)

come across

1. To find (a specific thing) esp during a general search
2. To make an impression
3. To give or supply (often with with)
4. (of a woman) to be responsive to sexual advances (slang)

come again? (informal)

1. What did you say?
2. Pardon?

come along

1. To progress
2. To arrive
3. (in imperative) hurry up

come and go

1. To fluctuate
2. To have freedom of movement or action

come apart

To fall to pieces

come at

1. To reach
2. To attack
3. To approach

come away

1. To leave
2. To become detached

come back

1. To return to popularity, office, etc after being in a losing position, a period of obscurity, etc
2. To return to life
3. To become fashionable again
4. To return to memory
5. To retort (esp N American)

come before

To appear in response to a summons by (a figure of authority) to be dealt with

come between

1. To cause a rift between (two people, etc)
2. To create a barrier or division between

come by

1. To come near
2. To pass by
3. (as a command to sheepdogs) move to the left of the group of sheep being herded
4. To visit (esp N American)
5. To obtain or acquire
6. To come in

come down

1. To descend
2. To be reduced, to decrease
3. To lose (esp financial) status
4. To emerge from the state induced by a hallucinogenic or addictive drug
5. To leave university, esp Oxford or Cambridge
6. (with to) to be a question of
7. To be an inheritance

come down (up)on

To be severe with, to punish

come down with

To become ill with or contract (a disease)

come for

1. To arrive in order to collect
2. To attack

come forward

To identify or present oneself (as a volunteer, as a witness, etc)

come from

To originate from or in

come high or low

To cost much or little

come home

1. To return to one's house
2. To touch one's interest or feelings closely, to affect (with to)
3. (of an anchor) to drag or slip through the ground (nautical)

come in

1. To enter
2. To arrive
3. To receive (money, income, etc)
4. To have a role or function
5. To become fashionable
6. To reply to a radio signal or call
7. (of the tide) to rise
8. To start an innings (cricket)
9. To get within the opponent's guard (fencing)

come in for

1. To receive as, or as if as, one's share
2. To receive incidentally

come in on

To become a partner, etc in (eg a business venture)

come into

1. To inherit
2. To be involved in
3. (of plants) to begin producing (flowers, leaves, etc)

come into one's own

To have the opportunity to demonstrate or practise one's special skills, aptitudes, etc

come it strong (informal)

To do or say much, go to great lengths, exaggerate

come of

1. To be a descendant of
2. To be the consequence of, arise or result from
3. To become of

come of age

To reach full legal adult status

come off

1. To come away
2. To become detached (from)
3. To obtain a specified type of result (with best, worst, etc)
4. To desist from
5. To prove successful
6. To have an orgasm (vulgar sl)

come off it! (informal)

Don't be ridiculous!

come on

1. To advance
2. To thrive, succeed
3. To proceed
4. To begin
5. To appear
6. To give the impression of being (informal)
7. Often in imperative as a challenge or exhortation to attack, proceed, hurry, recover from low spirits, etc

come on stream

(of oil-wells) to start regular production (also figurative)

come on strong (informal)

To speak or act forcefully or aggressively

come on to (informal)

To make sexual advances towards

come out

1. To emerge
2. To appear
3. To result (well, etc)
4. To be published or made available
5. To become known or evident
6. To be solved
7. To enter society
8. To be released or leave (prison, hospital, etc)
9. To declare openly one's homosexuality (slang)
10. (of photographs) to develop successfully
11. (of stains, marks, etc) to be removed
12. To erupt (in spots, a rash, etc)
13. To stop work, strike
14. To declare oneself (against or in favour of)

come out with

1. To utter, to say
2. To exclaim

come over

1. To befall
2. To change sides or allegiance
3. To come into the mind of
4. To make an impression (with as)
5. Suddenly to experience a certain feeling or mood (as in come over faint; informal)

come round

1. To come by a circuitous path
2. To visit
3. To happen in due course
4. To recur
5. To veer
6. To become favourable (in opinion, etc)
7. To become amenable
8. To recover consciousness from a faint, etc

come short

To fail

come short of

To fail to attain

come through

1. To survive
2. To succeed or complete successfully (an exam, test, etc)
3. To arrive, having passed through a (usu administrative) process or system
4. To pass through

come through for

To be a source of help for

come to

1. To obtain
2. To amount to
3. To be a question of
4. To proceed as far as
5. To recover consciousness
6. To stop (nautical)

come to grief

To meet with disaster or failure

come to oneself

To return to one's normal state of mind

come to pass (esp Bible)

To happen

come to rest

To halt

come to stay

To become permanent

come to that

In actual fact, that being the case

come true

To be fulfilled, to happen

come under

1. To be included under
2. To be subjected to (fire, attack, etc)

come undone or unfastened, etc

To become detached, loose, etc

come up

1. To present itself in discussion, etc
2. To appear
3. To shine after cleaning or polishing

come up against

To encounter (an obstacle, difficulty)

come up to

1. To reach (a specified point in space or time)
2. To equal

come upon

1. To attack
2. To affect
3. To hold answerable
4. To meet
5. To find

come up with

To suggest

come what may

Whatever happens

give someone the come-on

To invite or entice, esp sexually

have it coming (informal)

To have no chance of avoiding, or to get, one's just deserts

how come?

How does it happen that?

not know if one is coming or going

To be totally confused, perplexed or disorientated

to come

Future

up and coming

1. Approaching
2. Promising

when it comes to

As far as, regarding