English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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imp. of Uprise. Uprose.
Uproar
(n.)
Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy
confusion; bustle and clamor.
Uproar
(v. t.)
To throw into uproar or confusion.
Uproar
(v. i.)
To make an uproar.
Uproarious
(a.)
Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult;
as, uproarious merriment.
Uproll
(v. t.)
To roll up.
Uproot
(v. t.)
To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the
roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
Uprouse
(v. t.)
To rouse up; to rouse from sleep; to awake; to arouse.
Uprun
(v. i.)
To run up; to ascend.
Uprush
(v. i.)
To rush upward.
Uprush
(n.)
Act of rushing upward; an upbreak or upburst; as, an uprush
of lava.
Upsarokas
(n. pl.)
See Crows.
Upseek
(v. i.)
To seek or strain upward.
Upsend
(v. t.)
To send, cast, or throw up.
Upset
(v. t.)
To set up; to put upright.
Upset
(v. t.)
To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by
hammering on the end.
Upset
(v. t.)
To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting,
originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
Upset
(v. t.)
To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a
carriage; to upset an argument.
Upset
(v. t.)
To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves
of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.
Upset
(v. i.)
To become upset.