Definitions for upward
Overview of adj upward
The adj upward has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) upward
(directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen")
2. (0) up, upward
(extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish")
Overview of adv upward
The adv upward has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) up, upwards, upward, upwardly
(spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile")
2. up, upwards, upward
(to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward")
