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   upfield
         adj 1: away from the defending teams' end of the playing field

English Dictionary: uphold by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uphold
v
  1. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
    Synonym(s): continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
    Antonym(s): cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop
  2. stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals
  3. support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"
    Synonym(s): uphold, maintain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upholder
n
  1. someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy"
    Synonym(s): upholder, maintainer, sustainer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upload
v
  1. transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location
    Antonym(s): download
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uvulitis
n
  1. inflammation of the uvula
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upheld \Up*held"\,
      imp. & p. p. of {Uphold}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uphilt \Up*hilt"\, v. t.
      To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into
      an enemy. [R.] --Stanyhurst.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uphold \Up*hold"\, v. t.
      1. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
  
                     The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld.
                     Besought his pity.                              --Dryden.
  
      2. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from
            falling; to maintain.
  
                     Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. --Prov.
                                                                              xxix 3.
  
                     Faulconbridge, In spite of spite, alone upholds the
                     day.                                                   --Shak.
  
      3. To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as,
            to uphold a person in wrongdoing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upholder \Up*hold"er\, n. [Up + holder. Cf. {Upholsterer}.]
      1. A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. [Obs.]
  
      2. An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [Obs.]
  
                     The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. --Gay.
  
      3. An upholsterer. [Obs.]
  
      4. One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender;
            a sustainer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upholsterer \Up*hol"ster*er\, n. [A substitution for older
      upholder, in OE., broker, tradesman, and formerly also
      written {upholster}, {upholdster}. See {Upholder}, and
      {-ster}.]
      One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and
      the like; one who upholsters.
  
      {Upholsterer bee}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Poppy bee}, under {Poppy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uplead \Up*lead"\, v. t.
      To lead upward. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uvulatome \U"vu*la*tome\, n. [Uvula + Gr. [?] to cut.] (Surg.)
      An instrument for removing the uvula.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uvulatomy \U`vu*lat"o*my\, n. (Surg.)
      The operation of removing the uvula.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Uvalda, GA (town, FIPS 78744)
      Location: 32.03648 N, 82.50858 W
      Population (1990): 561 (240 housing units)
      Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 30473

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Uvalde, TX (city, FIPS 74588)
      Location: 29.21546 N, 99.78486 W
      Population (1990): 14729 (5248 housing units)
      Area: 14.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 78801

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Uvalde County, TX (county, FIPS 463)
      Location: 29.35010 N, 99.76075 W
      Population (1990): 23340 (9692 housing units)
      Area: 4031.7 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water)

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   upload /uhp'lohd/ v.   1. [techspeak] To transfer programs or
   data over a digital communications link from a smaller or peripheral
   `client' system to a larger or central `host' one.   A transfer in
   the other direction is, of course, called a {download} (but see the
   note about ground-to-space comm under that entry).   2. [jargon] To
   send data (especially large relatively standalone pieces of data
   like files and images) over the wire to a remote location.   3.
   [speculatively] To move the essential patterns and algorithms that
   make up one's mind from one's brain into a computer.   Those who are
   convinced that such patterns and algorithms capture the complete
   essence of the self view this prospect with pleasant anticipation.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   upload
  
      /uhp'lohd/ To transfer programs or data over a digital
      communications link from a smaller or peripheral "client"
      system to a larger or central "host" one.
  
      Opposite: {download}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1994-10-27)
  
  
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