All English words - page 4051

Meanings of Unyoked:

verb

Release (a pair of animals) from a yoke.

Usage examples:

Indeed the expense and the nature of the gifts - unyoked animals for unmarried goddesses, for examp…

Meanings of Unzip:

verb

Unfasten the zip fastener of.

Usage examples:

He unzipped his black jacket

Meanings of Unzipped:

verb

Unfasten the zip fastener of.

Usage examples:

He unzipped his black jacket

Past simple and past participle of unzip

Meanings of Unzipping:

verb

Unfasten the zip fastener of.

Usage examples:

He unzipped his black jacket

Present participle of unzip

Meanings of Unzips:

verb

Unfasten the zip fastener of.

Usage examples:

He unzipped his black jacket

Meanings of Up:

adverb

Towards a higher place or position.

Usage examples:

He jumped up

preposition

From a lower to a higher point of (something).

Usage examples:

She climbed up a flight of steps

adjective

Directed or moving towards a higher place or position.

Usage examples:

The up escalator

noun

A period of good fortune or positive mood.

Usage examples:

You can't have ups all the time in football

verb

Denoting a flavour (variety) of stable quark having relatively low mass and an electric charge of + 2/3. in the standard model protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks.

prefix

(added to verbs and their derivatives) upwards.

Usage examples:

Upturned

abbreviation

Upper peninsula (of the state of michigan).

Usage examples:

Her in-laws initiated her into all the charming ways of the up

Meanings of Up a creek:

idiom

In a difficult situation

Usage examples:

If any more people resign, we'll be really up the creek., he doesn't have a computer and without th…

Meanings of Up in arms:

phrase

Protesting vigorously about something.

Usage examples:

Teachers are up in arms about new school tests

idiom

Angry or upset

Usage examples:

The union is up in arms over the reduction in health benefits.

Meanings of Up the ante:

phrase

Increase what is at stake or under discussion, especially in a conflict or dispute.

Usage examples:

He decided to up the ante in the trade war

idiom

To increase your risks or demands in order to get a greater advantage

Usage examples:

The governor upped the ante in her war of words with the mayor, by calling him "dangerous" for the …

Meanings of Up the duff:

adjective

Pregnant.

Usage examples:

It looks like he's got her up the duff

phrase

Pregnant

Usage examples:

Two days before i was due to have an appointment with the doctor, i found out i was up the duff., t…

Meanings of Up to:

phrase

Busy or occupied with

adverb

Toward a higher position, or toward a higher value, number, or level

Usage examples:

Pick up your clothes and put them away., we need to push sales figures up higher next quarter., the…

Meanings of Up to scratch:

phrase

Up to the required standard; satisfactory.

Usage examples:

Her german was not up to scratch

idiom

As good as the usual standard

Usage examples:

The last few episodes of the tv program haven’t been quite up to scratch.

Meanings of Up to snuff:

phrase

Up to the required standard.

Usage examples:

They need a million dollars to get their facilities up to snuff

idiom

Good enough

Usage examples:

Her work isn’t up to snuff.

Meanings of Up-against:

phrasal verb

To experience an unexpected difficulty, or to meet someone who is difficult to deal with

Usage examples:

He’s the slickest talker i’ve ever run up against.

Meanings of Up-and-coming:

adjective

Likely to achieve success in the near future

Usage examples:

Tatiana is an up-and-coming young actress.

Meanings of Up-and-down:

adverb

In one direction and then in the opposite direction, esp. repeatedly

Usage examples:

The dog was running up and down the path.

Meanings of Up-in-the:

idiom

Uncertain and with an unknown result

Usage examples:

The whole future of the project is still up in the air.

Meanings of Up-in-the-air:

idiom

Not yet determined

phrase

(of a plan or issue) still to be settled; unresolved.

Usage examples:

The fate of the power station is up in the air

Meanings of Up-on:

phrasal verb

To do something that you have not been able to do recently

Usage examples:

I have to catch up on my reading.

Meanings of Up-the-spout:

idiom

Wasted, spoiled, or not working correctly

Usage examples:

He said the decision meant that nearly £3m of shareholders' money was up the spout., peter lost his…

Meanings of Up-to-a-point:

idiom

Partly, or to a limited degree

Usage examples:

Of course there is some truth in all this, but only up to a point., the new traffic system worked u…

Meanings of Up-to-date:

adjective

Having the most recent information, or using the newest methods or tools

Usage examples:

We go to a lot of trouble to keep our database up-to-date.

Meanings of Up-until:

adverb

Less than or equal to, but not more than, a stated value, number, level, or time

Usage examples:

Research suggests that up to half of those who were prescribed the drug suffered side effects., you…

Meanings of Upanishadic:

noun

Each of a series of hindu sacred treatises written in sanskrit c.800–200 bc, expounding the vedas in predominantly mystical and monistic terms.

Usage examples:

I was seated next to a highly educated and enlightened christian priest who was an authority on hin…

Meanings of Upases:

noun

A tropical asian tree, the milky sap of which has been used as arrow poison and for ritual purposes.