"upper" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈʌpə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌpɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-upper.ogg [US] Forms: uppermore [comparative], uppermost [superlative]
enPR: ŭʹ-pər Rhymes: -ʌpə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-adj|uppermore|sup=uppermost}} upper (comparative uppermore, superlative uppermost)
  1. At a higher level, rank or position. Translations (at a higher level, rank or position): ἀνώτερος (anṓteros) (Ancient Greek), أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā) [masculine] (Arabic), عُلْيَا (ʕulyā) [feminine] (Arabic), أعلى (ʔaʕla) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), վերին (verin) (Armenian), yuxarı (Azerbaijani), ве́рхні (vjérxni) (Belarusian), го́рен (góren) (Bulgarian), по́-го́рен (pó-góren) (Bulgarian), superior (Catalan), 上的 (shàng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 上邊的 (Chinese Mandarin), 上边的 (shàngbiān de) (Chinese Mandarin), horní (Czech), vrchní (Czech), угу (ugu) (Evenki), ylempi (Finnish), korkeampi (Finnish), supérieur (French), superior (Galician), ზედა (zeda) (Georgian), ზემო (zemo) (Georgian), ზემოთა (zemota) (Georgian), oberer (German), עֶלְיוֹן ('elyón) [masculine] (Hebrew), felső (Hungarian), superiore (Italian), 上の (ue no) (alt: うえの) (Japanese), 위의 (wiui) (Korean), superus (Latin), горен (goren) (Macedonian), погорен (pogoren) (Macedonian), ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ (dergi) (Manchu), дээд (deed) (Mongolian), увуй (uwuj) (Nanai), اوست (üst) (Ottoman Turkish), یوقاری (yukarı) (Ottoman Turkish), بالاتر (bâlâtar) (Persian), górny (Polish), wierzchni (Polish), superior (Portuguese), acima (Portuguese), de cima (Portuguese), hanan (Quechua), hanaq (Quechua), ве́рхний (vérxnij) (Russian), उत्तर (uttara) (Sanskrit), buiner (Scots), го̑рњӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), gȏrnjī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), horný (Slovak), vrchný (Slovak), gornji (Slovene), superior (Spanish), övre (Swedish), ве́рхній (vérxnij) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-upper-en-adj-gZzUKIz9 Disambiguation of 'at a higher level, rank or position': 92 6 1 1
  2. Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly. Translations (situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly): عُلْوِيّ (ʕulwiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), فَوْقَانِيّ (fawqāniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), فوقاني (fōgāni) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), վերին (verin) (Armenian), yuxarı (Azerbaijani), горен (goren) (Bulgarian), øvre (Danish), Hr:r-y:N1 (ḥrj) (Egyptian), ylempi (english: higher) (Finnish), kaukaisempi (english: farther) (Finnish), pohjoisempi (english: more northerly) (Finnish), ober (German), felső (Hungarian), øvre (Norwegian), اوست (üst) (Ottoman Turkish), یوقاری (yukarı) (Ottoman Turkish), بالاتر (bâlâtar) (Persian), ве́рхний (vérxnij) (Russian), övre (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-upper-en-adj-7CaI2jgr Disambiguation of 'situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly': 5 92 1 1
  3. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) younger, more recent Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-upper-en-adj-uce6CHj~ Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  4. (education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school. Categories (topical): Education Translations (secondary; as of school): ylä- (Finnish), gymnasial (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-upper-en-adj-YkjfYizJ Topics: education Disambiguation of 'secondary; as of school': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (of a later division of some period): վերին (verin) (Armenian), alt (Catalan), superior (Catalan), myöhempi (Finnish), по́здний (pózdnij) (Russian)

Noun

IPA: /ˈʌpə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌpɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-upper.ogg [US] Forms: uppers [plural]
enPR: ŭʹ-pər Rhymes: -ʌpə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} upper (plural uppers)
  1. A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
    Sense id: en-upper-en-noun-uJMvEX0G
  2. A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
    Anything that cheers one up.
    Sense id: en-upper-en-noun-~kMhQ1Tp
  3. The upper portion of something
    (shoemaking) The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.
    Translations (the part of a shoe above the sole): горница (gornica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), empenya [feminine] (Catalan), empeigne [feminine] (French), empeña [feminine] (Galician), ngawhewhe (Maori), cholewka (note: shoemaking [colloquial meaning: "bootleg"]) [feminine] (Polish), empeine [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-upper-en-noun-E1YioM5o Disambiguation of 'the part of a shoe above the sole': 3 3 59 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 3
  4. The upper portion of something
    (footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.
    Categories (topical): Footwear
    Sense id: en-upper-en-noun-gwP6Rtk1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 11 0 20 20 16 12 2 1 5
  5. The upper portion of something
    Sense id: en-upper-en-noun-26s2duUn
  6. Someone with higher social standing
    Sense id: en-upper-en-noun-Vpgkv1dO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 11 0 20 20 16 12 2 1 5
  7. Someone with higher social standing
    A senior student.
    Sense id: en-upper-en-noun-wx~5dnjg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 11 0 20 20 16 12 2 1 5
  8. That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
    A tooth in the upper jaw.
    Sense id: en-upper-en-noun-fVjEgL3M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 11 0 20 20 16 12 2 1 5
  9. That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
    A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.
    Sense id: en-upper-en-noun-nALoLd8g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 11 0 20 20 16 12 2 1 5
  10. That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
    An upper berth or bunk.
    Sense id: en-upper-en-noun-aSfslcYP
  11. That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
    Sense id: en-upper-en-noun-8eKEw05N
  12. (Taoism) A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension. Categories (topical): Taoism
    Sense id: en-upper-en-noun-wHcC1lrW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Meronyms (shoemaking): vamp Translations (stimulant): Upper [masculine] (German), (pūroi) haupiki (Maori), uppåttjack [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'shoemaking': 1 3 1 12 1 22 22 19 14 1 1 4 Related terms: on one's uppers (english: destitute), beater-upper, break-upper, catcher-upper, cheerer-upper, cleaner-upper, doer-upper, filler-upper, fixer-upper, fuck-upper, giver-upper, hold-upper, knocker-upper, looker-upper, maker-upper, messer-upper, picker-upper, rounder-upper, shaker-upper, snapper-upper, stinker-upper, swan upper, user-uppper, waker-upper, warmer-upper, washer-upper Disambiguation of 'stimulant': 36 36 1 3 1 5 5 5 4 2 1 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"at a higher position\"",
      "word": "lower"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"at a higher position\"",
      "word": "under"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"situated higher\"",
      "word": "lower"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"more recent\"",
      "word": "lower"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "member of upper house"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stiff upper lip"
    },
    {
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      "word": "upper airway"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Allen"
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    {
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      "word": "Upper Arley"
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      "word": "upper arm"
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      "word": "Upper Austria"
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      "word": "Upper Ballinderry"
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      "word": "Upper Boat"
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      "word": "upper body"
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      "word": "upper boundary"
    },
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      "word": "Upper Broughton"
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      "word": "upper camel case"
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      "word": "upper case"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper chamber"
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    {
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      "word": "Upper Chichester"
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      "word": "upper class"
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      "word": "upper crust"
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      "word": "upper-cruster"
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      "word": "upper cut"
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      "word": "upper deck"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper decker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Egypt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper esophageal sphincter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Freehold"
    },
    {
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      "word": "upper garment"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Halliford"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper hand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Heyford"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Hill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Holloway"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper house"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Hunter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Hutt"
    },
    {
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      "word": "upper jaw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Lachlan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper leaf zone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper limit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper lip"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Marlboro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper memory area"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper middle class"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "uppermost"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Mount Bethel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Norwood"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Parkstone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Peninsula"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Pittsgrove"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Poppleton"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Providence"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper quartile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper reaches"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper respiratory tract"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Sandusky"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper school"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper semi-continuous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper semicontinuous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper set"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper side"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Sorbian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Southampton"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper storey"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper story"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper surgery"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Sydenham"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper ten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper ten thousand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Upper Volta"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "uppermore",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uppermost",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uppermore",
        "sup": "uppermost"
      },
      "expansion": "upper (comparative uppermore, superlative uppermost)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "up‧per"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "At a higher level, rank or position."
      ],
      "id": "en-upper-en-adj-gZzUKIz9",
      "links": [
        [
          "higher",
          "higher"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔaʕlā",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "أَعْلَى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕulyā",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "عُلْيَا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔaʕla",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "أعلى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "verin",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "վերին"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "yuxarı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vjérxni",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "ве́рхні"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "góren",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "го́рен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pó-góren",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "по́-го́рен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "superior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shàng de",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "上的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "上邊的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shàngbiān de",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "上边的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "horní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "vrchní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "evn",
          "lang": "Evenki",
          "roman": "ugu",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "угу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "ylempi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "korkeampi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "supérieur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "superior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zeda",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "ზედა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zemo",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "ზემო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zemota",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "ზემოთა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "oberer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "anṓteros",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "ἀνώτερος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'elyón",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "עֶלְיוֹן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "felső"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "superiore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "alt": "うえの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ue no",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "上の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "wiui",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "위의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "superus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "goren",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "горен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pogoren",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "погорен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "dergi",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
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          "roman": "uwuj",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "üst",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "اوست"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "yukarı",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "یوقاری"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâlâtar",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "بالاتر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "górny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "wierzchni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "superior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "de cima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "hanan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "hanaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vérxnij",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "ве́рхний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "uttara",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "उत्तर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "buiner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "го̑рњӣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "gȏrnjī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "horný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "vrchný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "gornji"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "superior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "övre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 6 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vérxnij",
          "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
          "word": "ве́рхній"
        }
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly."
      ],
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          "situate"
        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕulwiyy",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "عُلْوِيّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "fawqāniyy",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "فَوْقَانِيّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "fōgāni",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "فوقاني"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "verin",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "վերին"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "yuxarı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "goren",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "горен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "øvre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "ḥrj",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "Hr:r-y:N1"
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          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "ylempi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "kaukaisempi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "pohjoisempi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "ober"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "felső"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "øvre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "üst",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "اوست"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "yukarı",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "یوقاری"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâlâtar",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "بالاتر"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vérxnij",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "ве́рхний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
          "word": "övre"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Geology",
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            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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          "geology"
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        [
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          "younger"
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          "recent"
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      ],
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        "of strata or geological time periods"
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        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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        "Of or pertaining to a secondary school."
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        [
          "education",
          "education"
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        [
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          "secondary school"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school."
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        "education"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "secondary; as of school",
          "word": "ylä-"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "gymnasial"
        }
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌpə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-upper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/En-us-upper.ogg/En-us-upper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-us-upper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ŭʹ-pər"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 38 0",
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "verin",
      "sense": "of a later division of some period",
      "word": "վերին"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 38 0",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of a later division of some period",
      "word": "alt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 38 0",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of a later division of some period",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 38 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a later division of some period",
      "word": "myöhempi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 38 0",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pózdnij",
      "sense": "of a later division of some period",
      "word": "по́здний"
    }
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}

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      "tags": [
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    "up‧per"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "_dis1": "1 3 1 12 1 22 22 19 14 1 1 4",
      "sense": "shoemaking",
      "word": "vamp"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "on one's uppers"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "beater-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "word": "cheerer-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "doer-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "filler-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fixer-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fuck-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "giver-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hold-upper"
    },
    {
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      "word": "knocker-upper"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "looker-upper"
    },
    {
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      "word": "maker-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "messer-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "picker-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rounder-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaker-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "snapper-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stinker-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "swan upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "user-uppper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "waker-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "warmer-upper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "washer-upper"
    }
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          "stimulant",
          "stimulant"
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          "amphetamine",
          "amphetamine"
        ],
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          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "appetite",
          "appetite"
        ]
      ]
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        {
          "text": "1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure\nPatrick was a cabbie & a dispatcher at Yellow Cab & when we got to the church where the [funeral] services were being held, the cabbies came out in force for Pat & there were at least 30 cabs pulling into the church parking lot. It was a real upper for a lot of us."
        }
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      "links": [
        [
          "stimulant",
          "stimulant"
        ],
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        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "appetite",
          "appetite"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "1930, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 4, in The Maltese Falcon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 52",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The upper portion of something",
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        [
          "leather",
          "leather"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ],
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          "sole",
          "sole"
        ]
      ],
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        "The upper portion of something",
        "(shoemaking) The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 59 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gornica",
          "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 59 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "empenya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 59 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "empeigne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 59 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "empeña"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 59 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
          "word": "ngawhewhe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 59 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "shoemaking [colloquial meaning: \"bootleg\"]",
          "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cholewka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 59 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "empeine"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Footwear",
          "orig": "en:Footwear",
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
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        "The upper portion of something",
        "The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops."
      ],
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        [
          "footwear",
          "footwear"
        ],
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          "Y",
          "Y"
        ],
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          "flip-flops",
          "flip-flops"
        ]
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        "The upper portion of something",
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      ]
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          "ref": "1992, Organizational, Direct Support, and General Support, page 5",
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          "ref": "2012, Reginald Laubin, Gladys Laubin, The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction, and Use",
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          "ref": "1993, Larry Hirschhorn, Carole K. Barnett, The Psychodynamics of Organizations",
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          "ref": "1895, Edward Parry Eardley-Wilmot, E. C. Streatfield, Charterhouse, page 64",
          "text": "Each Upper had his private Fag; but general fagdom consisted of obedience to the demand of every Upper, no matter in whose House he happened to be.",
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        {
          "ref": "2016, The Best of the Harvard Lampoon: 140 Years of American Humor",
          "text": "It is advisable, for example, to learn the words to the school loyalty and to “Fair Harvard” in the event that you are “asked” to give an impromptu “concert” in the Yard for the benefit of the Uppers.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Arun K. Garg, Implant Dentistry, page 165",
          "text": "In the lingualized type of occlusion, contact of the lingual cusps of the uppers against the semianatomic teeth on the lowers will be seen in lateral, protrusive, and eccentric movements.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Peter S. Ungar, Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity, page 212",
          "text": "These reentrant folds, especially those on the buccal side of the uppers and the lingual side of the lowers, are quickly isolated by wear into infundibula within lakes of dentin.",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Todd Debreceni, Special Make-up Effects for Stage & Screen",
          "text": "Periodically check the bite with the uppers and lowers to ensure that your actor's mouth will close correctly.",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Jake Jacobson, Alaska Tales: Laughs and Surprises",
          "text": "Considering the badly decayed condition of the Chief's other teeth, I recommended removal of what remained of the uppers, followed by a “full plate” after healing.",
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        "That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.",
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          "ref": "1912, Dental Record",
          "text": "Treatment was continued until November, 1909, when a retainer was placed in position in the lower, consisting of bands round the lower first molars and a wire passing lingually round all the teeth. The upper was retained by means of a plate with wires wires passing behind the upper first molars and round in front of all the teeth.",
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          "ref": "1941, Cal - Volumes 4-6, page 6",
          "text": "The lower (according to the patient) was perfect, but the upper was bad, and the dentist was going to make the upper again.",
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          "ref": "2010, David R. Avery, Ralph E. McDonald, Jeffrey A. Dean, McDonald and Avery Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent",
          "text": "The upper was retained with a Hawley bite plane; the lip bumper was continued for an additional 18 months.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Walker Percy, The Moviegoer",
          "text": "But trains have changed. Gone are the uppers and lowers, partitions and cranks, and the green velour; only the porter remains, the same man, I think, a black man with palms the color of shrimp and a neck swollen with dislike.",
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Studs Terkel, Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression",
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          "ref": "1914, Illinois Central Magazine - Volume 3, Issues 1-11, page 91",
          "text": "Of course I naturally I asked why, but all the satisfaction I got for the time being was that the upper was good enough for me, and that it was a pretty good place in which to sleep, anyway.",
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        {
          "ref": "2016, Constance R. Pottenger, Drop Dead Casino - Ginger The First, page 31",
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        "That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.",
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        {
          "ref": "1984, Robert Forrest Burgess, Handbook of trailer sailing, page 90",
          "text": "Next, take up slack equally on the two uppers until they are snug.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Michael A. Alexander, Dennis J. Matthews, Pediatric Rehabilitation: Principles & Practice, page 361",
          "text": "During the seventh week, the limbs also rotate laterally in the uppers and medially in the lowers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Thomas Porky McDonald, Poet in the Grandstand",
          "text": "In this compact middle level between the uppers and the lowers, I actually had a counter in front of me, where food or drink could be safely planted, without fear of knocking over onto any patrons sitting in the seats below me.",
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Shingo Einoo, Genesis and Development of Tantra, page 128",
          "text": "The 'upper' is one of nine apertures through which consciousness can leave the body at death (utkrantih).",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Holding Yin, Embracing Yang",
          "text": "When the Tao Te Ching says: “In thought, you can see the cavity,” it is referring to what the Triplex Unity describes as “When the upper is closed, we call it existence; when the lower is closed, we call it nothingness.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Tenzin Dhakpa Agongtsang, Realistic Principles, Pittsburgh, PA: RoseDog Books, page 10",
          "text": "It is said in Tibetan culture, in order to understand the upper, it is necessary to understand the lower first. Once, the lower is understood, the upper is just an introductory.",
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      "word": "member of upper house"
    },
    {
      "word": "stiff upper lip"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper airway"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Allen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Arley"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper arm"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Austria"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Ballinderry"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Batley"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Beeding"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Boat"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper body"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper boundary"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Broughton"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper camel case"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper case"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper chamber"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Chichester"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper class"
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    {
      "word": "upper crust"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper-cruster"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper cut"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper deck"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper decker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Egypt"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper esophageal sphincter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Freehold"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper garment"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Halliford"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper hand"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Heyford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Hill"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Holloway"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper house"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Hunter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Hutt"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper jaw"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Lachlan"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper leaf zone"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper limit"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper lip"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Marlboro"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper memory area"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper middle class"
    },
    {
      "word": "uppermost"
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    {
      "word": "Upper Mount Bethel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Norwood"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Parkstone"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Peninsula"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Pittsgrove"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Poppleton"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Providence"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper quartile"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper reaches"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper respiratory tract"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Sandusky"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper school"
    },
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      "word": "upper semi-continuous"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper semicontinuous"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper set"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper side"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Sorbian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Southampton"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper storey"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper story"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper surgery"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Sydenham"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper ten"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper ten thousand"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper Volta"
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          "education"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "عُلْيَا"
    },
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      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "վերին"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "yuxarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vjérxni",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "ве́рхні"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "góren",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "го́рен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pó-góren",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "по́-го́рен"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàng de",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "上的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "上邊的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàngbiān de",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "上边的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "horní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "vrchní"
    },
    {
      "code": "evn",
      "lang": "Evenki",
      "roman": "ugu",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "угу"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "ylempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "korkeampi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "supérieur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zeda",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "ზედა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zemo",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "ზემო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zemota",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "ზემოთა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "oberer"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anṓteros",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "ἀνώτερος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'elyón",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עֶלְיוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "felső"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "superiore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うえの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ue no",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "上の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wiui",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "위의"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "superus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "goren",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "горен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pogoren",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "погорен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "dergi",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "deed",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "дээд"
    },
    {
      "code": "gld",
      "lang": "Nanai",
      "roman": "uwuj",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "увуй"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "üst",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "اوست"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yukarı",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "یوقاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâlâtar",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "بالاتر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "górny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "wierzchni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "acima"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "de cima"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "hanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "hanaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vérxnij",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "ве́рхний"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "uttara",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "उत्तर"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "buiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "го̑рњӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "gȏrnjī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "horný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "vrchný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "gornji"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "övre"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vérxnij",
      "sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
      "word": "ве́рхній"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕulwiyy",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عُلْوِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fawqāniyy",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "فَوْقَانِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fōgāni",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "فوقاني"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "verin",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "վերին"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "yuxarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "goren",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "горен"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "øvre"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "ḥrj",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "Hr:r-y:N1"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "higher",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "ylempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "farther",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "kaukaisempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "more northerly",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "pohjoisempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "ober"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "felső"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "øvre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "üst",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "اوست"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yukarı",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "یوقاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâlâtar",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "بالاتر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vérxnij",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "ве́рхний"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
      "word": "övre"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "verin",
      "sense": "of a later division of some period",
      "word": "վերին"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of a later division of some period",
      "word": "alt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of a later division of some period",
      "word": "superior"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a later division of some period",
      "word": "myöhempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pózdnij",
      "sense": "of a later division of some period",
      "word": "по́здний"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "secondary; as of school",
      "word": "ylä-"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "secondary; as of school",
      "word": "gymnasial"
    }
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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌpə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌpə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "english": "destitute",
      "word": "on one's uppers"
    },
    {
      "word": "beater-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "break-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "catcher-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "cheerer-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "cleaner-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "doer-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "filler-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "fixer-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "fuck-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "giver-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "hold-upper"
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    {
      "word": "knocker-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "looker-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "maker-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "messer-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "picker-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "rounder-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "shaker-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "snapper-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "stinker-upper"
    },
    {
      "word": "swan upper"
    },
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      "word": "user-uppper"
    },
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      "word": "waker-upper"
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    {
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        {
          "text": "1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure\nPatrick was a cabbie & a dispatcher at Yellow Cab & when we got to the church where the [funeral] services were being held, the cabbies came out in force for Pat & there were at least 30 cabs pulling into the church parking lot. It was a real upper for a lot of us."
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          "energy",
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          "appetite",
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        ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1930, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 4, in The Maltese Falcon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 52",
          "text": "The uppers of his patent-leather shoes were hidden by fawn spats.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The upper portion of something",
        "The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole."
      ],
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        [
          "leather",
          "leather"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ],
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          "sole",
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        "The upper portion of something",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Footwear"
      ],
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        "The upper portion of something",
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        [
          "footwear",
          "footwear"
        ],
        [
          "Y",
          "Y"
        ],
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        ]
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      "qualifier": "footwear",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "The upper portion of something",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1992, Organizational, Direct Support, and General Support, page 5",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Reginald Laubin, Gladys Laubin, The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction, and Use",
          "text": "These lines, GH and PC, are cut when the outline of the upper is cut out.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The upper portion of something"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, Larry Hirschhorn, Carole K. Barnett, The Psychodynamics of Organizations",
          "text": "Thus a vicious circle is established: the uppers offer participation, and the lowers, feeling persecuted, withdraw.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone with higher social standing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1895, Edward Parry Eardley-Wilmot, E. C. Streatfield, Charterhouse, page 64",
          "text": "Each Upper had his private Fag; but general fagdom consisted of obedience to the demand of every Upper, no matter in whose House he happened to be.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, The Best of the Harvard Lampoon: 140 Years of American Humor",
          "text": "It is advisable, for example, to learn the words to the school loyalty and to “Fair Harvard” in the event that you are “asked” to give an impromptu “concert” in the Yard for the benefit of the Uppers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone with higher social standing",
        "A senior student."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "senior",
          "senior"
        ],
        [
          "student",
          "student"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Arun K. Garg, Implant Dentistry, page 165",
          "text": "In the lingualized type of occlusion, contact of the lingual cusps of the uppers against the semianatomic teeth on the lowers will be seen in lateral, protrusive, and eccentric movements.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Peter S. Ungar, Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity, page 212",
          "text": "These reentrant folds, especially those on the buccal side of the uppers and the lingual side of the lowers, are quickly isolated by wear into infundibula within lakes of dentin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Todd Debreceni, Special Make-up Effects for Stage & Screen",
          "text": "Periodically check the bite with the uppers and lowers to ensure that your actor's mouth will close correctly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Jake Jacobson, Alaska Tales: Laughs and Surprises",
          "text": "Considering the badly decayed condition of the Chief's other teeth, I recommended removal of what remained of the uppers, followed by a “full plate” after healing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.",
        "A tooth in the upper jaw."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
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        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth"
        ],
        [
          "jaw",
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1912, Dental Record",
          "text": "Treatment was continued until November, 1909, when a retainer was placed in position in the lower, consisting of bands round the lower first molars and a wire passing lingually round all the teeth. The upper was retained by means of a plate with wires wires passing behind the upper first molars and round in front of all the teeth.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1941, Cal - Volumes 4-6, page 6",
          "text": "The lower (according to the patient) was perfect, but the upper was bad, and the dentist was going to make the upper again.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, David R. Avery, Ralph E. McDonald, Jeffrey A. Dean, McDonald and Avery Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent",
          "text": "The upper was retained with a Hawley bite plane; the lip bumper was continued for an additional 18 months.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.",
        "A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1926, United States. Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court Reports - Volume 59, page 1423",
          "text": "The Railroad Company further averred that it operated sleeping cars over its system of more than 7,000 miles of interstate roads, and that the Interstate Commerce Commission had prescribed rates for each of said sleeping car units on trains running to and from the state of Wisconsin. The rate fixed for the upper was 80 per cent. of the charge for the use of the lower; the price for the whole section beting the sum of the two rates.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Walker Percy, The Moviegoer",
          "text": "But trains have changed. Gone are the uppers and lowers, partitions and cranks, and the green velour; only the porter remains, the same man, I think, a black man with palms the color of shrimp and a neck swollen with dislike.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Studs Terkel, Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression",
          "text": "Twelve lowers and twelve uppers and three beds in the drawing rooms.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1914, Illinois Central Magazine - Volume 3, Issues 1-11, page 91",
          "text": "Of course I naturally I asked why, but all the satisfaction I got for the time being was that the upper was good enough for me, and that it was a pretty good place in which to sleep, anyway.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Constance R. Pottenger, Drop Dead Casino - Ginger The First, page 31",
          "text": "The uppers were reached by comfortably safe steps with handrails and slip proof coatings.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.",
        "An upper berth or bunk."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1984, Robert Forrest Burgess, Handbook of trailer sailing, page 90",
          "text": "Next, take up slack equally on the two uppers until they are snug.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Michael A. Alexander, Dennis J. Matthews, Pediatric Rehabilitation: Principles & Practice, page 361",
          "text": "During the seventh week, the limbs also rotate laterally in the uppers and medially in the lowers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Thomas Porky McDonald, Poet in the Grandstand",
          "text": "In this compact middle level between the uppers and the lowers, I actually had a counter in front of me, where food or drink could be safely planted, without fear of knocking over onto any patrons sitting in the seats below me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which is higher, contrasted with the lower."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Taoism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Shingo Einoo, Genesis and Development of Tantra, page 128",
          "text": "The 'upper' is one of nine apertures through which consciousness can leave the body at death (utkrantih).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Holding Yin, Embracing Yang",
          "text": "When the Tao Te Ching says: “In thought, you can see the cavity,” it is referring to what the Triplex Unity describes as “When the upper is closed, we call it existence; when the lower is closed, we call it nothingness.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Tenzin Dhakpa Agongtsang, Realistic Principles, Pittsburgh, PA: RoseDog Books, page 10",
          "text": "It is said in Tibetan culture, in order to understand the upper, it is necessary to understand the lower first. Once, the lower is understood, the upper is just an introductory.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Taoism",
          "Taoism"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Taoism",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Taoism) A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌpə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌpə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-upper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/En-us-upper.ogg/En-us-upper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-us-upper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ŭʹ-pər"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gornica",
      "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "горница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empenya"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empeigne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empeña"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
      "word": "ngawhewhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "shoemaking [colloquial meaning: \"bootleg\"]",
      "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cholewka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the part of a shoe above the sole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "empeine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stimulant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Upper"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "stimulant",
      "word": "(pūroi) haupiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "stimulant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uppåttjack"
    }
  ],
  "word": "upper"
}

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