upstairs

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the part of a building above the ground floor

   no one was allowed to see the upstairs

2. 2
   adv

   on a floor above

   they lived upstairs

3. 3
   adv

   with respect to the mind

   she's a bit weak upstairs

4. 4
   adj

   on or of upper floors of a building

   the upstairs maid

5. 5
   adj

   Located on a higher floor or level of a building.

   We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student.

6. 6
   adj

   Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.

   That fastball was upstairs for a ball.

7. 7
   adv

   Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.

   I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.

8. 8
   adv

   In the brain or mind.

   After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn’t have a lot going on upstairs.

Etymology

From up- + stair + -s.