📖 U — The English dictionary · page 21

upholster — Everyday, meaning 1: To cover a chair, sofa or car seat with padding, springs and cloth or leather so it is soft to sit on.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (upholstered, as an adjective) Covered with soft padding and fabric, like an upholstered armchair.↗ Example: My grandad learned to upholster chairs when he was young.↗ · We are going to upholster the old sofa in blue fabric.↗ · The car seats are upholstered in grey cloth.↗ · She re-upholstered the dining chairs herself.↗ · The cinema had soft red upholstered seats.↗ · It costs a lot to have a big armchair upholstered.↗ · The cat scratched the upholstery to bits.↗

upholstery — Everyday, meaning 1: Upholstery is the soft padding, springs and cloth or leather that cover sofas, armchairs and car seats.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Upholstery is also the craft or job of making and covering furniture in this way.↗ Example: Don't put muddy shoes on the upholstery!↗ · The car's upholstery is grey cloth.↗ · The cat scratched the sofa's upholstery.↗ · Grandad learned upholstery and fixed old chairs.↗ · We cleaned the juice stain off the upholstery.↗ · The leather upholstery felt cold in winter.↗

upland — Everyday, meaning 1: Upland is high land, hills or high ground away from the sea.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Upland describes things in or of high land: upland farms, upland birds.↗ Example: Sheep graze on the uplands.↗ · The upland farms are small and windy.↗ · Curlews nest on upland moors.↗ · Scotland has large areas of upland.↗ · The river starts in the uplands and flows to the sea.↗ · Upland streams are fast and cold.↗ · They had poultry in their yards, sheep on the uplands, and scores of cattle in the meadow-land alongside the river.↗

uplifted — Everyday, meaning 1: Uplifted means feeling happier, more hopeful or encouraged: «I felt uplifted by the music.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Uplifted also means raised up: «uplifted hands», «uplifted faces».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In geography, uplifted rocks have been pushed upwards by forces in the Earth.↗ Example: We all felt uplifted after the choir sang.↗ · The crowd's uplifted faces watched the fireworks.↗ · (church) The people prayed with uplifted hands.↗ · The Himalayas were uplifted when India pushed into Asia.↗ · Her kind letter left me feeling uplifted.↗ · Sea shells were found on top of the uplifted rocks.↗ · When the wind blew, the great Oak stood proudly upright with its hundred arms uplifted to the sky.↗ · In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; with my hand uplifted, mine eye streameth in the night without ceasing; my soul refuseth to be comforted.↗ (Writings PSA.77.3, JPS 1917)↗

uplifting — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A rising up, or a lifting.↗ Example: Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, with His anger burning, and in thick uplifting of smoke; His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue is as a devouring fire; (Prophets ISA.30.27, JPS 1917)↗

upload — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb) To send a file, photo or video from your device to the internet or to another computer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A file that has been uploaded, or the act of uploading.↗ Example: Upload your homework to the class page by Friday.↗ · The video is still uploading.↗ · Ask a parent before you upload a photo of yourself.↗ · Once you upload something, it can be hard to delete.↗ · My upload speed is much slower than my download speed.↗ · She uploaded her drawing to the art competition website.↗

upper — Everyday, meaning 1: Upper means higher up, or above something else of the same kind.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Upper can mean nearer the top of a place, a river or a land: the upper floor, the upper Nile.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Upper can mean higher in rank or level: the upper school.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The upper of a shoe is the top part that covers the foot.↗ Example: Write your name with an upper-case first letter.↗ · We sleep on the upper floor.↗ · The upper arm goes from the shoulder to the elbow.↗ · Upper-school pupils help the little ones read.↗ · The bird has a red patch on its upper wing.↗ · With one goal more, our team had the upper hand.↗ · Keep a stiff upper lip means stay brave and calm.↗ · I only wish I were already on the upper bank.”↗ [*]↗ · No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.↗ (Torah DEU.24.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry: 'Unclean, unclean.'↗ (Torah LEV.13.45, JPS 1917)↗ · Their measure is the Twelve Diagonal Borders: Northeastern border, Southeastern border, Upper-Eastern border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Northern border, Lower-Northern border, Southwestern border, Northwestern border, Upper-Western border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Southern border, Lower-Southern border.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.↗ (Writings 2CH.3.9, JPS 1917)↗ · He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.↗ (Prophets 2KI.15.35, JPS 1917)↗ · And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.↗ (Prophets JDG.9.53, JPS 1917)↗

uppermost — Everyday, meaning 1: Highest, or at the very top: the uppermost shelf is the one nearest the ceiling.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Most important in someone's mind: safety was uppermost in her thoughts.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adverb) Facing upwards or on top: lay the card face uppermost.↗ Example: The jam is on the uppermost shelf, so you need the step stool.↗ · Put the box down with this side uppermost.↗ · The uppermost branches of the tree swayed in the wind.↗ · Getting home safely was uppermost in his mind.↗ · The uppermost layer of the soil is called topsoil.↗ · Place the photo face uppermost on the scanner.↗ · We climbed to the uppermost floor of the tower.↗ · The Sea King then led the Happy Hunter to the guest room, and placing him in the uppermost seat, he bowed respectfully before him, and said:↗ · and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.'↗ (Torah GEN.40.17, JPS 1917)↗

uppish — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, mainly UK, old-fashioned) Too proud and full of yourself; acting as if you are better than others; uppity.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (cricket) A shot that goes up in the air and might be caught.↗ Example: Toad became uppish after his escape.↗ · «Don't you get uppish with me, young man!»↗ · The new girl seemed a bit uppish at first.↗ · His uppish manner annoyed the others.↗ · The batsman played an uppish drive and was nearly caught.↗ · Success made him uppish.↗

upright — Everyday, meaning 1: Upright means standing or sitting straight up, not lying down or leaning.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An upright person is honest and good.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An upright is a post that stands straight up, like the side posts of a goal.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An upright piano is a tall piano that stands against a wall.↗ Example: Sit upright at your desk.↗ · Keep the bottle upright so it doesn't leak.↗ · The tree was still upright after the storm.↗ · The ball hit the upright and bounced back.↗ · She sat bolt upright when she heard the noise.↗ · He is an upright and honest man.↗ · We have an upright piano in the hall.↗ · Penguins walk upright on two feet.↗ · Then the bearskin fell away from them, and they stood upright once more.↗ · And we said unto him: We are upright men; we are no spies.↗ (Torah GEN.42.31, JPS 1917)↗ · We are all one man's sons; we are upright men, thy servants are no spies.'↗ (Torah GEN.42.11, JPS 1917)↗ · if ye be upright men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses; (Torah GEN.42.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Or where were the upright cut off?↗ (Writings JOB.4.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Righteous art Thou, O LORD, and upright are Thy judgments.↗ (Writings PSA.119.137, JPS 1917)↗ · My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.↗ (Writings PSA.7.11, JPS 1917)↗

uprightly — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: In an honest and right way, with fairness and truth.↗ Example: Do not My words do good to him that walketh uprightly?↗ (Prophets MIC.2.7, JPS 1917)↗ · He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart; (Writings PSA.15.2, JPS 1917)↗ · They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.↗ (Prophets AMO.5.10, JPS 1917)↗

uprightness — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Honesty and goodness; the quality of doing what is right.↗ Example: How forcible are words of uprightness!↗ (Writings JOB.6.25, JPS 1917)↗ · Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for Thee.↗ (Writings PSA.25.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; (Writings PRO.2.13, JPS 1917)↗

uprising — Everyday, meaning 1: An uprising is when a large group of people fight or protest together against the people in power, such as a government or ruler.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is a kind of rebellion or revolt, often sudden and sometimes violent.↗ Example: The peasants led an uprising against the unfair tax.↗ · Soldiers were sent to crush the uprising.↗ · The uprising began in the capital and spread across the country.↗ · We read about the slaves' uprising in our history book.↗ · Historians still argue about why the uprising failed.↗ · A popular uprising forced the king to leave.↗ · The film tells the story of an uprising in an occupied city.↗ · Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.↗ (Writings PSA.139.2, JPS 1917)↗

upriver — Everyday, meaning 1: Upriver means towards the source of a river, against the flow of the water.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Upriver also means at a place further up the river from where you are.↗ Example: Salmon swim upriver to lay their eggs.↗ · The explorers paddled upriver for days.↗ · The village is a mile upriver from the bridge.↗ · Rowing upriver is harder than rowing down.↗ · Pollution from a factory upriver killed the fish.↗ · We took an upriver boat trip.↗

uproar — Everyday, meaning 1: Uproar is a lot of loud, confused noise and excitement from many people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An uproar is a public storm of anger or protest about something.↗ Example: The classroom was in uproar when the hamster escaped.↗ · There was an uproar when the referee gave the penalty.↗ · The court was in an uproar.↗ · The plan to close the library caused an uproar.↗ · The crowd went into uproar at the goal.↗ · The banquet in Toad Hall ended in uproar.↗ · A great uproar among the beasts interrupted him.↗ · Why are the nations in an uproar?↗ (Writings PSA.2.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Hark, the uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together!↗ (Prophets ISA.13.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town?↗ (Prophets ISA.22.2, JPS 1917)↗

uproariously — Everyday, meaning 1: Uproariously means very loudly and noisily, with wild laughter.↗ Example: At this unlooked-for entertainment, the whole company of runaways laughed uproariously.↗ · Mongan began to laugh uproariously and called for more wine.↗

uproot — Everyday, meaning 1: To uproot is to pull a plant or tree out of the ground with its roots.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make people leave their home and move to a new place (The war uprooted many families).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To get rid of something completely (to uproot a bad habit).↗ Example: The storm uprooted the old oak.↗ · Pull the weeds up — uproot them completely.↗ · The war uprooted thousands of families.↗ · Moving to another country uprooted our lives.↗ · Pigs uproot plants with their snouts.↗ · The elephant uprooted a small tree.↗ · A VERY LARGE OAK was uprooted by the wind and thrown across a stream.↗ · O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; and the cities which thou didst uproot, their very memorial is perished.↗ (Writings PSA.9.7, JPS 1917)↗

upset — Everyday, meaning 1: Upset means unhappy, worried or hurt because something bad happened.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To upset someone is to make them unhappy or worried.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To upset something is to knock it over or spoil it: «upset a cup», «upset the plans».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An upset stomach is a mild illness of the tummy.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In sport an upset is a surprising result where the weaker team wins.↗ Example: She was upset when her friend moved away.↗ · Don't upset your sister.↗ · The cat upset the vase of flowers.↗ · I have an upset stomach.↗ · He got upset about losing the game.↗ · The rain upset our picnic plans.↗ · It's okay to be upset; let's talk.↗ · The small team caused a big upset.↗ · A jar of honey was upset and the sticky sweetness flowed out on the table.↗