The word UP

The word UP in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word. It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?


At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.


At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.


And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.


We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!


To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.


If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.


When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it soaks UP the earth. When it does not rain for a while, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now . . .

Don't screw UP. Show this to everyone you look UP in your contacts. . . or not... it's UP to you. Now, I'll shut UP!


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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English  author, who wrote numerous highly acclaimed novels, including his autobiographical David Copperfield and also The Adventures of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Hard Times, among many others. He is generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period.
The Guardian is opening a year-long celebration of the bicentenary of his birth, by offering a guide in words and pictures to some of the most vivid characters created by Dickens. Follow this link to have a look at it: The Guardian Children's Books   
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