Definition of up

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Up (adv.) To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements..

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Empty :: Empty (superl.) Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams..
Suppositional :: Supposition (n.) That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
Circumstance :: Circumstance (v. t.) To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.
Coop :: Coop (v. t.) To work upon in the manner of a cooper.
Parovarium :: Parovarium (n.) A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoophoron..
Tension :: Tension (a.) The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area..
Consult :: Consult (v. t.) To deliberate upon; to take for.
Thick :: Thick (superl.) Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness..
Turner :: Turner (n.) One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe..
Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning..
Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover.
Prometheus :: Prometheus (n.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop..
Scruou-lize :: Scruou-lize (v. t.) To perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples.
Keraunograph :: Keraunograph (n.) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
Fond :: Fond (superl.) Affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife..
Indusium :: Indusium (n.) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower..
Critical :: Critical (n.) Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions..
Groundage :: Groundage (n.) A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.
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