upside

[Up·side`]

The highest or uppermost side of anything

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The upper side; the part that is uppermost.

Noun
the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted"


n.
The upper side; the part that is uppermost.


Upside

Up"side` , n. The upper side; the part that is uppermost. To be upsides with, to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott. T. Hughes. -- Upside down. [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down, literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. Shak.
These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.

The upper side; the part that is uppermost.

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Usage Examples

The upside to anger? Getting it out of your system. You got to express your anger. Then you have room for more positive things. If I hold something in a long time, and then I speak it, it's amazing how the light shines so much brighter.

Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.

The poster boy for our superabled future is Oscar Pistorius, an increasingly famous South African sprinter who happens to have had both of his legs amputated below the knee. Using upside down question mark-shaped carbon fiber sprinting prosthetics, called Cheetah blades, Mr. Pistorius can challenge the fastest sprinters in the world.

I wear a necklace, cause I wanna know when I'm upside down.

New York State is upside down and backwards high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.

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Other Usage Examples

Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.

I've never understood what the upside of marriage would be for me personally.

The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.

People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.

Readers probably haven't heard much about it yet, but they will. Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down.

When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!

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