upstairs

Formsfurther upstairs, farther upstairs, furthest upstairs, farthest upstairs

Formsfurther upstairs, farther upstairs, furthest upstairs, farthest upstairs

1. 1
   adverb

   To or on a higher floor of a building, reached by going up the stairs.

   She ran upstairs to grab her jacket before the rain started.

   The kids are playing upstairs while dinner cooks.

   Similarup, above

   Oppositedownstairs, below

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2. 2
   adjective

   On a higher floor of a house or building.

   The upstairs bathroom is being painted this week.

   We turned the upstairs room into a small office.

   Similarupper

   Oppositedownstairs

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The upper floor of a house or building.

   The upstairs needs a fresh coat of paint.

   They rent out the upstairs to a young couple.

   Oppositedownstairs

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4. 4
   adverbcolloquial

   In a person's head or mind, where thinking happens.

   Like thinking of your head as the room where all your ideas live.

   He's a kind man, but there's not much going on upstairs.

   She's still sharp upstairs at ninety years old.

5. 5
   adverbcolloquial

   In heaven, thought of as a place high above us.

   Someone upstairs must be looking out for us today.

   She believes her grandmother watches over her from upstairs.

   Similarabove

6. 6
   adjectivecolloquial

   In baseball, describing a pitch thrown high, usually above the strike zone.

   The pitcher threw an upstairs fastball that the batter swung at and missed.

   That last pitch was upstairs and well out of the zone.

   Similarhigh

   Oppositelow

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7. 7
   nounslangeuphemisticuncountable

   A slang word for a woman's breasts.

   He kept sneaking glances at her upstairs across the bar.

   She tugged her top up to cover her upstairs.

   Similarchest, bust, bosom

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