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Meaning of ऊपर in English

  • In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
  • Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach.
  • Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)
  • In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
  • Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.
  • Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
  • More than; as, above five hundred were present.
  • On high; in the air; high above the ground.
  • In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.
  • Above; on top of.
  • On or at the top.
  • Above, or higher than, in place or position, with the idea of covering; -- opposed to under; as, clouds are over our heads; the smoke rises over the city.
  • Across; from side to side of; -- implying a passing or moving, either above the substance or thing, or on the surface of it; as, a dog leaps over a stream or a table.
  • Upon the surface of, or the whole surface of; hither and thither upon; throughout the whole extent of; as, to wander over the earth; to walk over a field, or over a city.
  • Above; -- implying superiority in excellence, dignity, condition, or value; as, the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen.
  • Above in authority or station; -- implying government, direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.; -- opposed to under.
  • Across or during the time of; from beginning to end of; as, to keep anything over night; to keep corn over winter.
  • Above the perpendicular height or length of, with an idea of measurement; as, the water, or the depth of water, was over his head, over his shoes.
  • Beyond; in excess of; in addition to; more than; as, it cost over five dollars.
  • Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto.
  • From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter.
  • From one person or place to another regarded as on the opposite side of a space or barrier; -- used with verbs of motion; as, to sail over to England; to hand over the money; to go over to the enemy.
  • Also, with verbs of being: At, or on, the opposite side; as, the boat is over.
  • From beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock of goods; a dress covered over with jewels.
  • From inside to outside, above or across the brim.
  • Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work over.
  • In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart.
  • At an end; beyond the limit of continuance; completed; finished.
  • Upper; covering; higher; superior; also, excessive; too much or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat, over-garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste.
  • A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places.
  • A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip.
  • A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
  • The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground.
  • The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
  • The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school.
  • The chief person; the most prominent one.
  • The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
  • The head, or upper part, of a plant.
  • A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft.
  • A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
  • Eve; verge; point.
  • The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
  • Top-boots.
  • To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains.
  • To predominate; as, topping passions.
  • To excel; to rise above others.
  • To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
  • To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
  • To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.
  • To take off the or upper part of; to crop.
  • To perform eminently, or better than before.
  • To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.
  • Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
  • Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.

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