upper

1. upper (adj) — sense 1

Definition: At a higher physical position, level, rank or order.

2. upper (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Situated on higher ground, further inland, more upstream, or more northerly.

3. upper (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Younger, more recent.

4. upper (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.

Example: Eye Girl is very moody. She is always zooted up on some really foul combination of uppers and downers and Rollerblading. Her bouts of Rollerblading seem to coincide with fights with Eye Guy.

5. upper (noun) — sense 5

Definition: A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.: Anything that cheers one up.

6. upper (noun) — sense 6

Definition: The upper portion of something.

Example: The slewing ring is basically a large bearing upon which the upper is mounted. The outer race of the slewing ring is bolted to the upper, and the inner race is bolted to the car-body.

7. upper (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To fix an upper onto a shoe.

Example: No, that is where the job rating comes in. For example, the job of uppering the shoe, which is placing the gum upper on the last, carries a much higher rate than that of wiping the soapstone off the upper.

8. upper (verb) — sense 8

Definition: To raise.

Example: Then, when a galaxy is forming and gets its relatively small black hole, it becomes responsible for uppering the amount of dark matter closer to the centre