08-30-2005, 12:50 AM
suzy Wrote:upped, is that even a word?Suck it Trebeck!
Main Entry: 5up
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): upped [url=javascript:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?add96019.wav=upped')]
[/url] /'&pt/; or in intransitive sense 2 up; upped; up·ping; ups or in intransitive sense 2 upintransitive senses
1 a : to rise from a lying or sitting position b : to move upward : ASCEND
2 -- used with and and another verb to indicate that the action of the following verb was either surprisingly or abruptly initiated <he up and married a showgirl>
transitive senses
1 : RAISE, LIFT
2 a : to advance to a higher level: (1) : INCREASE (2) : PROMOTE 1a b : RAISE 8d, e
