upstairs definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: on or of upper floors of a building; "the upstairs maid"; "an upstairs room" [syn: upstairs, upstair] [ant: downstair, downstairs] n 1: the part of a ... the ground floor; "no one was allowed to see the upstairs" adv 1: on a floor above; "they lived upstairs" [syn: upstairs, up the stairs, on a higher floor] [ ...
kick upstairs definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: give a ... to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance ... many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate] Merriam ...
... the downstairs (or downstair) phone" [syn: downstairs, downstair] [ant: upstair, upstairs] adv 1: on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs ... floor, below] [ant: on a higher floor, up the stairs, upstairs] Merriam Webster's I. adverb Date: 1596 down the stairs ... the ground floor. Denise went downstairs and made some tea. ? upstairs ADV: ADV after v 2. If something or someone is ... than you. The telephone was downstairs in the entrance hall... ? upstairs ADV: be ADV, n ADV 3. Downstairs means situated on ... repainted the downstairs rooms and closed off the second floor. ? upstairs ADJ: ADJ n 4. The downstairs of a building is ... downstairs of the two little houses had been entirely refashioned. ? upstairs N-SING: the N
... to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance ... many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate] 10 ... influence, infringe, intensify, introduce, intrude, invade, invitation, irrupt, jump, kick upstairs, knight, knighting, know no bounds, lapse, lard, last, launch, launch ...
... to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance ... many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate] 2 ... hoist, hold up, immortalize, improve, improve upon, jerk up, kick upstairs, knight, knock up, lard, levitate, lift, lift up, lionize, lob ...
... to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance ... many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate] 3 ... help, hype, impart, impel, improve, improve upon, inspire, inspirit, kick upstairs, knight, lard, lend wings to, lift, make an improvement, make ...
... to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance ... many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate] 15 ... up, jerk up, join, jump, jump up, juxtapose, keep, kick upstairs, knight, knighting, knock up, lard, launch, leap, leaven, lengthen, let ...
... on the same page or on a preceding page c. upstairs d. above zero < 10 degrees above > 3. in or to ... point; overhead (the floor above; the clouds above). 2 a upstairs (lives above). b upstream. 3 (of a text reference) further ... for, topping, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, up, upmost, upon, upper, uppermost, upstairs, upward, upwards, yet
... to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance ... many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate] 4 ... improve, improve upon, in the ascendant, increase, jet, jump, kick upstairs, knight, lard, leap, leaping, levitation, lift, make an improvement, meliorate ...
... disapproval. kick up one's heels frolic. kick a person upstairs shelve a person by giving him or her promotion or ... de vivre, jollies, keen pleasure, kick against, kick back, kick upstairs, kickback, kicking, kicks, knee, lash back, lay off, leave off ...