| UPTAKE | • uptake n. Understanding; comprehension. • uptake n. Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism. • uptake n. The act of lifting or taking up. |
| UPTAKS | • UPTAK n. (Scots) uptake, as in gleg in the uptak. |
| UPTALK | • uptalk n. (Linguistics) Speech that has a rising intonation at the end of a sentence, as if it were a question; upspeak. • uptalk v. (Linguistics, intransitive) To speak with a rising intonation at the end of a sentence, as if it were… • UPTALK v. to end a declarative sentence with a rising intonation. |
| UPTEAR | • uptear v. (Transitive, archaic or poetic) To tear up (wrench from the ground). • UPTEAR v. to tear out by the roots. |
| UPTICK | • uptick n. A small increase or upward change in something that has been steady or declining. • uptick n. (Finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price above a preceding one. • up-tick n. Alternative form of uptick. |
| UPTIED | • uptied v. Simple past tense and past participle of uptie. • UPTIE v. to tie up. |
| UPTIES | • upties v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uptie. • UPTIE v. to tie up. |
| UPTILT | • uptilt v. (Intransitive) To tilt upward. • uptilt v. (Transitive) To cause to tilt upward. • uptilt n. An upward tilt. |
| UPTIME | • uptime n. (Computing) The period of time a computer has functioned since last requiring a reboot. • UPTIME n. the time during which machinery is functioning. |
| UPTOOK | • uptook v. Simple past tense of uptake. • UPTAKE v. to take up. |
| UPTORE | • uptore v. Simple past tense of uptear. • UPTEAR v. to tear out by the roots. |
| UPTORN | • uptorn v. Past participle of uptear. • UPTEAR v. to tear out by the roots. |
| UPTOSS | • uptoss v. (Transitive) To toss up. • uptoss v. (Intransitive) To be tossed up. • uptoss n. A tossing up. |
| UPTOWN | • uptown n. (Chiefly North America) the residential part of a city, away from the commercial center. • uptown adj. (Chiefly North America) In the upper part of a town. • uptown adj. (Chiefly North America, by extension) Of or relating to an affluent area or population. |
| UPTURN | • upturn n. An upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit. • upturn v. To turn (something) up or over. • UPTURN v. to turn up or over. |