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UPWARDS |
From lower to higher |
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DOWN |
From higher to lower |
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DESCENT |
A passing from a higher to a lower tone. |
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DESCEND |
To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower
tone. |
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DOWNWARDS |
From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery,
humility, disgrace, or ruin. |
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ADOWN |
From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or
on the ground. |
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RETROGRESSIVE |
Passing from a higher to a lower condition;
declining from a more perfect state of organization; regressive. |
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UP |
From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a
higher situation upon; at the top of. |
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ELEVATE |
To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to
raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc. |
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LOCOMOTION |
The power of moving from place to place, characteristic
of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life. |
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DOWNWARD |
Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place;
tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level;
declivous. |
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OSMIC |
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium;
specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a valence
higher than in other lower compounds; as, osmic oxide. |
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RAISE |
To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher
place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or
weight. |
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DEVELOPMENT |
The series of changes which animal and vegetable
organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to
maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. |
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CHUTE |
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects
are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which
water passes to a wheel. |
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DEGRADE |
To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of
structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or
that genus or group of genera. |
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ABATE |
To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state,
number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to
cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope. |
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BORROW |
To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination
in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the
figure of the s... |
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ELEVATION |
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or
quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the
voice, etc.; as, t... |
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RISE |
To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to
mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing,
flying, or any other... |
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DEBASE |
To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth,
dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate;
to abase; as,... |
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RETROGRESSION |
Backward development; a passing from a higher to a
lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal,
approaching maturity, becomes l... |
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ARISE |
To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come
above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to
mount; to ascend; to ... |
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LIFT |
To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to
raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to
upheave; sometimes... |
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SPECULATION |
...ticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in
which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and
wholesale p... |