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In intransitive terms the difference between up and horse

is that up is to act suddenly, usually with another verb while horse is to frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around"..

As nouns the difference between up and horse

is that up is the direction opposed to the pull of gravity while horse is Of, like, or closely associated with the animal Equus ferus caballus.

As verbs the difference between up and horse

is that up is to increase or raise while horse is to frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around"..

As an adverb up

is away from the centre of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.

As a preposition up

is toward the top of.

As an adjective up

is awake.

As a proper noun UP

is initialism of Upper Peninsula|lang=en.

up

English

(part of speech is dubious for many senses) (wikipedia up)

Adverb

(-)
  • Away from the centre of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
    • I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
  • (intensifier) (Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state) Thoroughly, completely.
    • I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
    Tear up the contract.
    He really messed up .
    Please type up our monthly report.
  • To or from one's possession or consideration.
    • I picked up some milk on the way home.
    The committee will take up your request.
    She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
  • North.
    • I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
  • To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
    • Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
    Turn it up , I can barely hear it.
    Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
    Cheer up , the weekend's almost here.
  • (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
  • (sailing) Against the wind or current.
  • (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
  • (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
    • The bowler pitched the ball up .
  • (hospitality) Without additional ice.
    • Would you like that drink up or on ice?
  • (UK, academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
    • She's going up to read Classics this September.
  • * 1867 , John Timbs, Lives of wits and humourists , p. 125
    • The son of the Dean of Lichfield was only three years older than Steele, who was a lad of only twelve, when at the age of fifteen, Addison went up to Oxford.
  • * 1998 , Rita McWilliams Tullberg, Women at Cambridge , p. 112
    • Others insinuated that women 'crowded up to Cambridge', not for the benefits of a higher education, but because of the proximity of 2,000 young men.
  • * 2002 , Peter Harman, Cambridge Scientific Minds , p. 79
    • A precocious mathematician, Babbage was already well versed in the Continental mathematical notations when he went up to Cambridge.
  • To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to'' or ''with .
    • I was up to my chin in water.
    A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
  • To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
    • Drink up . The pub is closing.
    Can you sum up your research?
    The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
    I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
  • Aside, so as not to be in use.
    • to lay up''' riches; put '''up your weapons

    Antonyms

    * (away from the centre of the Earth) down * (louder) down * (higher in pitch) down * (towards the principal terminus) down

    Derived terms

    * all it's cracked up to be * back up * backup * bottoms up * bottom-up * blow up * break up * buck up * build up * burn up * clog up * cloud up * clean up * clear up * close up * crack up * cut up * double up * dress up * dry up * eat up * finish up * gang up * gang up on * go up * kick up * knock up * lash up * let up * look up * lookup * muck up * one-up * one-upmanship * open up * polish up * run up * runner up * runup * shake up * shoot up * show up * shut up * stir up * stop up * turn up * up a tree * up to * up to it * upon * upper * uppity * upto * upward * upwards * walkup * wet up * work up * write up

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Toward the top of.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}
  • Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
  • Further along (in any direction).
  • From south to north of
  • * 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
    • Though the storm raged up the East Coast, it has become increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it.

    Antonyms

    * (toward the top of) down

    Derived terms

    * give up * pick up * put up * ring up * take up * throw up * up a creek * up someone's alley

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Awake.
    • I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up .
  • Finished, to an end
    • Time is up !
  • In a good mood.
    • I’m feeling up today.
  • Willing; ready.
    • If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
  • Next in a sequence.
    • Smith is up to bat.
  • Happening; new.
    • What is up with that project at headquarters?
  • Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
    • Put the notebook face up on the table.
    Take a break and put your feet up .
  • Larger, greater in quantity.
    • Sales are up from last quarter.
  • Standing.
    • Get up and give her your seat.
  • On a higher level.
  • * 1925 , Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), , silent movie
    • ‘The Phantom! The Phantom is up from the cellars again!’
  • Available; made public.
    • The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
  • Well-informed; current.
    • I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
  • (computing) Functional; working.
    • Is the server back up ?
  • (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
    • The London train is on the up line.
  • Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
  • (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
    • A Cosmopolitan is typically served up .
  • (slang) Erect.
  • (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • I have said I was still in darkness, yet it was not the blackness of the last night; and looking up into the inside of the tomb above, I could see the faintest line of light at one corner, which showed the sun was up .
  • (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
  • * 1996 , Matthew Busby Hunt, The Sociolinguistics of Tagging and Chicano Gang Graffiti (page 71)
    • Being "up" means having numerous graffiti in the tagging landscape.
  • * 2009 , Gregory J. Snyder, Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground (pages 16-40)
    • Graffiti writers want their names seen by writers and others so that they will be famous. Therefore writers are very serious about any opportunity to “get up'.” The throw-up became one of the fundamental techniques for getting ' up , and thereby gaining recognition and fame.
  • * 2011 , Adam Melnyk, Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti
    • From his great rooftop pieces, selected for high visibility, to his sneaky tags and fun loving stickers, he most certainly knows how to get up .

    Antonyms

    * (facing upwards) down * (on a higher level) down * down * (traveling towards a major terminus) down

    Derived terms

    * know which end is up * up and running * up for grabs * upside * upside down

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
    • Up is a good way to go.
  • (countable) A positive thing.
    • I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
  • An upstairs room of a two story house.
    • She lives in a two-up two-down.

    Usage notes

    * Up is not commonly used as object of a preposition.

    Antonyms

    * (direction opposed to the pull of gravity) down

    Derived terms

    * ups and downs

    Verb

    (upp)
  • (colloquial) To increase or raise.
    • If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
    We upped anchor and sailed away.
  • *
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=Marc Higginson , title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa , work=BBC Sport citation , passage=After a dreadful performance in the opening 45 minutes, they upped their game after the break and might have taken at least a point from the match.}}
  • (colloquial) To promote.
    • It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
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  • To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
    • He just upped and quit.
    He upped and punched that guy.
  • * 1991 , (Michael Jackson),
    • And she didn't leave a letter, she just upped and ran away.

    Synonyms

    * (increase) turn up

    Derived terms

    * up and * up and go * up and leave * up the ante * up the game

    References

    * Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition , Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

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    horse

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) horse, hors, from (etyl) . (cognates) Cognate with (etyl) . Related to hurry.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) Of, like, or closely associated with the animal Equus ferus caballus.
  • #A hoofed mammal, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
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  • #*:Athelstan Arundel walked homeHe walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses', carriage-'''horses''', and cart-' horses , without taking the least notice of them.
  • #*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
  • #(lb) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae , including the zebra or the ass.
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  • # Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
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  • # The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a man in a suit of armor and often on a horse, hence the nickname.
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  • #(lb) A large person.
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  • #(lb) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
  • (lb) Equipment with legs.
  • #In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high with two handles on top.
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  • #A frame with legs, used to support something.
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  • Equipment.
  • #A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
  • #A breastband for a leadsman.
  • #An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
  • #A jackstay.
  • #:
  • #:(Totten)
  • (lb) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
  • (lb) The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
  • *1962 , , 00:15:20
  • *:Check that shirt. I got a couple of jolts of horse stashed under the collar
  • (lb) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or (see ).
    • Usage notes
    * The noun can be used attributively in compounds and phrases to add the sense of large and / or coarse
    Synonyms
    * (animal) horsie, nag, steed * (gymnastic equipment) pommel horse, vaulting horse * (chesspiece) knight
    Hyponyms
    * (animal) colt, foal, filly, gelding, palomino, pony, stallion
    Derived terms
    * change horses in midstream * cutting horse * dark horse * don't look a gift horse in the mouth * * flog a dead horse / beat a dead horse * from the horse's mouth * get off one's high horse * hold one's horses * horse and carriage * horseback * horse-breaker * horse-chestnut * horse-drawn * horse face * horsefeathers * horseflesh * horsefly * horsely * horse latitudes * horselaugh * horseman * horsemanship * horse of a different color * horse opera * horse pill * horseplay * horsepower * horse race * horse racing * horseradish * horse sense * horses for courses * horseshit * horseshoe * horse-stinger * horse trading * horsewhip * horsey, horsy, horsie * hung like a horse * I could eat a horse * one-horse race * one-horse town * pack horse, packhorse * plowhorse, ploughhorse * pommel horse * rocking horse * saddle horse * sawhorse * sea horse, seahorse * straight from the horse's mouth * sumpter horse * swap horses in midstream * vaulting horse * warhorse * willing horse * workhorse * work like a horse
    See also
    (kinds of horse by physical attributes) * stallion, sire, ridgeling, gelding * mare, dame * colt, yearling * filly, foal * pony (kinds of horse by employment) * sumpter, rowney * palfrey * charger, destrier * brumby, mustang (related terms) * knight, cavalier, cavalry, chivalry * equid, equine * gee, haw, giddy-up, whoa * hoof, mane, tail, withers * gallop, canter, walk, trot * neigh, whinny * tandem, team, chariot, cart, wagon * ungulate * *

    Verb

    (hors)
  • To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
  • * (rfdate) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (script)
    • "Genghis Khan! Abe Lincoln! That’s funny until someone gets hurt."
    But Genghis Khan and Lincoln keep horsing around.
  • * (rfdate) Ted Lawson, Thirty Seconds over Tokyo :
    • I told him that if I passed out before we got to a hospital I wanted him to see to it that no quack horsed around with my leg.
  • To provide with a horse.
  • * Shakespeare
    • being better horsed , outrode me
  • (obsolete) To get on horseback.
  • * 1888 , :
    • He horsed himself well.
  • To sit astride of; to bestride.
  • * 1608 , , II. i. 203:
    • Stalls, bulks, windows / Are smothered up, leads filled, and ridges horsed / With variable complexions, all agreeing / In earnestness to see him.
  • (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
  • To take or carry on the back.
  • * S. Butler
    • the keeper, horsing a deer
  • To place on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.
  • * 1963 , Charles Harold Nichols, Many Thousand Gone
    • So they brought him out and horsed him upon the back of Planter George, and whipped him until he fell quivering in the dust.
    Derived terms
    * horse around * unhorse

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (uncountable, slang, dated) Heroin.
    • Alright, mate, got any horse ?
    Synonyms
    * (heroin) H, smack
    External links
    * (wikipedia "horse")

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