different between upward vs upsweep

English

Etymology

From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up +? -ward.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??pw??(?)d/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??pw?(?)d/

Adverb

upward (comparative more upward, superlative most upward)

1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.
2. In the upper parts; above.
3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

   • From twenty years old and upward.

Synonyms

• cloudwards, up, upwards

Antonyms

• down, downwards

Derived terms

• upward of
• upwards of

Translations

Noun

upward (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The upper part; the top.

Adjective

upward (comparative more upward, superlative most upward)

1. Directed toward a higher place.

Synonyms

• (toward a higher place): cloudward, upwards

Translations

Anagrams

• draw up, draw-up, updraw

English

Etymology

up- +? sweep

Noun

upsweep (plural upsweeps)

1. An upward sweep or curve.
2. (swimming) The upward motion of a swimmer's arm.

   Coordinate terms: downsweep, insweep, outsweep

3. A hairstyle where most of the hair is fastened into place at the top of the head.
4. (oceanography) The unidentified sound detected on the American NOAA's equatorial autonomous hydrophone arrays, consisting of a long train of narrow-band upsweeping sounds of several seconds in duration.

Verb

upsweep (third-person singular simple present upsweeps, present participle upsweeping, simple past and past participle upswept)

1. To sweep or curve upwards.

Related terms

• upswept

Anagrams

• sweep up