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UPSTAIRS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of a building above the ground floor
Example:
no one was allowed to see the upstairs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("upstairs" is a kind of...):
part; portion (something less than the whole of a human artifact)
Holonyms ("upstairs" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
On or of upper floors of a building
Example:
an upstairs room
Synonyms:
upstair; upstairs
Classified under:
Antonym:
downstairs (on or of lower floors of a building)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
On a floor above
Example:
they lived upstairs
Synonyms:
on a higher floor; up the stairs; upstairs
Classified under:
Antonym:
downstairs (on a floor below)
Sense 2
Meaning:
With respect to the mind
Example:
she's a bit weak upstairs
Classified under:
Context examples:
Then I walked round to see that all was right before I went upstairs.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Now we shall go upstairs,” said he at last.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Between us, with much trouble, we managed to hoist him upstairs, and laid him on his bed, where his head fell back on the pillow as if he were almost fainting.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"The gang lives here—got the whole upstairs to themselves. But Kreis is the only one who has two rooms. Come on."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
There is a very clever essay in one of the books upstairs upon much such a subject, about young girls that have been spoilt for home by great acquaintance—The Mirror, I think.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Does walking upstairs make you breathless?
(AQ20 - Walking Upstairs Make You Breathless, NCI Thesaurus)
Miss Bates had just done as Patty opened the door; and her visitors walked upstairs without having any regular narration to attend to, pursued only by the sounds of her desultory good-will.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
It was a duplex that also offered an elevator, and inside the apartment, a spiral staircase linked the upstairs bedrooms from the large living room.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Four hands were immediately laid upon me, and I was borne upstairs.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
My father had left a small collection of books in a little room upstairs, to which I had access (for it adjoined my own) and which nobody else in our house ever troubled.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
