upstairs

UK /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/ US /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/
adv 3adj 2noun 2

Definitions

adj

1

Located on a higher floor or level of a building.

We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student.

2

Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.

That fastball was upstairs for a ball.

adv

1

Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.

I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.

I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano.

2

In the brain or mind.

After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn’t have a lot going on upstairs.

I guess I'm just used to sailors / I think they got water on the brain / I think they got more water upstairs / Than they got sugar on a candy cane

3

In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.

noun

1

An upper storey.

2

A woman's breasts.

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