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Upwards

In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.

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Up 92% connected

Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Upward 92% connected

Alt. of Upwards

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Downwards 94% connected

From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Downwards 94% connected

From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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-wards verb · 78% connection

Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.

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Above preposition · 78% connection

In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.

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Adown adverb · 78% connection

From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground.

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Blockhouse noun · 78% connection

An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper sto…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

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Course noun · 78% connection

Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight lin…

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Declinate adjective · 78% connection

Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined.

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Decline verb · 78% connection

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to…

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Decurrent adjective · 78% connection

Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.

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Descend verb · 78% connection

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to pl…

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Descent noun · 78% connection

Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lowe…

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Devexity adjective · 78% connection

A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.

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Direction noun · 78% connection

a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals deter…

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Diverge verb · 78% connection

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to…

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Down adverb · 78% connection

In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a wel…

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Downward adjective · 78% connection

Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.

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Fountain noun · 78% connection

The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.

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Go verb · 78% connection

To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribu…

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