upper
Енглески
ЕнглескиИзговор
- (Received Pronunciation) МФА(кључ): /ˈʌpə/
- (General American) МФА(кључ): /ˈʌpɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: up‧per
- Риме: -ʌpə(r)
Adjective
upper (comparative uppermore, superlative uppermost)
- At a higher level, rank or position.
- Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
- (geology, of strata or geological time periods) younger, more recent
- (education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
Antonyms
Изведени термини
Преводи
at a higher level, rank or position
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situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
of a later division of some period
secondary; as of school
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Именица
upper (plural uppers)
- That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
- As the restless sleeper here, I'll take the lower berth. You take the upper.
- (shoemaking) The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.
- 1930, Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Chapter 4, p. 52,[1]
- The uppers of his patent-leather shoes were hidden by fawn spats.
- 1930, Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Chapter 4, p. 52,[1]
- A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
- (footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.
Meronyms
- (shoemaking): vamp
Related terms
- on one's uppers – destitute
Translations
the part of a shoe above the sole
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