upward

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   directed up

   the cards were face upward

2. 2
   adv

   In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.

   We ran upward.

3. 3
   adv

   In the upper parts; above.

   Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, / And downward fish.

4. 4
   adv

   Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

   From twenty years old and upward.

5. 5
   noun

   The upper part; the top.

   From the extremest upward of thy head.

6. 6
   adj

   Directed toward a higher place.

   with upward eye; with upward course

7. 7
   adj

   extending or moving toward a higher place

8. 8
   adv

   spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

Etymology

From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward.