English Dictionary: upgrade | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ubiquarian \U`bi*qua"ri*an\, a. Ubiquitous. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Grade \Grade\, n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. {Congress}, {Degree}, {Gradus}.] 1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour. They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure, teachers of every grade. --Buckle. 2. In a railroad or highway: (a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264. (b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient. 3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade. {At grade}, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are on the same level at the point of crossing. {Down grade}, a descent, as on a graded railroad. {Up grade}, an ascent, as on a graded railroad. {Equating for grades}. See under {Equate}. {Grade crossing}, a crossing at grade. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Upcheer \Up*cheer"\, v. t. To cheer up. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Upcurl \Up*curl"\, v. t. To curl up. [R.] --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Upgrow \Up*grow"\, v. i. To grow up. [R.] --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Upgrowth \Up"growth`\, n. The process or result of growing up; progress; development. The new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy. --J. R. Green. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Upokororo \U`po*ko*ro"ro\, n. [From the native Maori name.] (Zo[94]l.) An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish ({Prototroctes oxyrhynchus}) of the family {Haplochitonid[91]}. In general appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Called also {grayling}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Upsarokas \Up`sar*o"kas\, n. pl. (Ethnol.) See {Crows}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crows \Crows\ (kr?z), n. pl.; sing. {Crow}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called {Upsarokas}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Upsoar \Up*soar"\, v. i. To soar or mount up. --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Upswarm \Up*swarm"\, v. i. & i. To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms. [R.] --Shak. Cowper. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Upshur County, TX (county, FIPS 459) Location: 32.73495 N, 94.94139 W Population (1990): 31370 (12887 housing units) Area: 1522.2 sq km (land), 12.9 sq km (water) Upshur County, WV (county, FIPS 97) Location: 38.90060 N, 80.23182 W Population (1990): 22867 (9506 housing units) Area: 918.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
upgradability system can be produced and applied. E.g. "Buying a PC with more {PCI} slots gives you increased upgradeability." (1999-10-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
upgrade 1. A new or better version of some {hardware} or {software}. Often used in {marketroid}-speak to mean "{bug fix}". 2. The act of developing or installing a new version. (1995-03-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
upgradeability {upgradability} |