English Dictionary

upper

/ˈʌpə(ɹ)/

noun

A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite. / (shoemaking) The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.

Coffee is a popular upper that many people rely on to stay awake.

意味（1）

A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.

意味（2）

(shoemaking) The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.

The uppers of his patent-leather shoes were hidden by fawn spats.

意味（3）

(footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.

意味（4）

Someone with higher social standing

意味（5）

A senior student.

Each Upper had his private Fag; but general fagdom consisted of obedience to the demand of every Upper, no matter in whose House he happened to be.

意味（6）

A tooth in the upper jaw.

In the lingualized type of occlusion, contact of the lingual cusps of the uppers against the semianatomic teeth on the lowers will be seen in lateral, protrusive, and eccentric movements.

意味（7）

A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.

Treatment was continued until November, 1909, when a retainer was placed in position in the lower, consisting of bands round the lower first molars and a wire passing lingually round all the teeth. The upper was retained by means of a plate with wires wires passing behind the upper first molars and round in front of all the teeth.

意味（8）

An upper berth or bunk.

The Railroad Company further averred that it operated sleeping cars over its system of more than 7,000 miles of interstate roads, and that the Interstate Commerce Commission had prescribed rates for each of said sleeping car units on trains running to and from the state of Wisconsin. The rate fixed for the upper was 80 per cent. of the charge for the use of the lower; the price for the whole section beting the sum of the two rates.

意味（9）

(Taoism) A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.

The 'upper' is one of nine apertures through which consciousness can leave the body at death (utkrantih).