Found 3 items, similar to Upper.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: upper
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: upper
upper
adj 1: higher in place or position;
“the upper bunk”;
“in the upper
center of the picture”;
“the upper stories”
2: the topmost one of two
3: superior in rank or accomplishment;
“the upper half of the
class”
upper
n 1: the higher of two berths [syn:
upper berth]
2: piece of leather that forms the part of a shoe or boot above
the sole
3: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and
decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some
forms of depression [syn:
amphetamine,
pep pill,
speed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Upper
Upper
\Up"per\, n.
The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
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Upper
\Up"per\, a.; comp. of
Up.
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place,
position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper
lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a
legislature.
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The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See
To have the upper hand
, under
Hand. --Jowett (Thucyd.).
Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of
common law (formerly King's Bench) during the
Commonwealth.
Upper case, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases.
See the Note under 1st
Case, n., 3.
Upper covert (Zo["o]l.), one of the coverts situated above
the bases of the tail quills.
Upper deck (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the
spar deck.
Upper leather, the leather for the vamps and quarters of
shoes.
Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually
of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.
Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated)
Upper ten, the ten
thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or
wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.]
Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail.
Upper works (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a
vessel that are properly above water.
Upper world.
(a) The atmosphere.
(b) Heaven.
(c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the
underworld.
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