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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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This process was called “swan upping,” corrupted generally into “swan hopping.”
RIVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. THE THAMES, FROM SOURCE TO SEA.ANONYMOUSThe young cygnets were marked at the annual festival of “swan-upping,” at which the City magnates used hugely to enjoy themselves.
THE GREAT NORTH ROAD: LONDON TO YORKCHARLES G. HARPERThe stone outside Baldock, marking the thirty-ninth mile is milestone and upping-block as well.
THE GREAT NORTH ROAD: LONDON TO YORKCHARLES G. HARPERThere was no possible chance of upping the ship today—probably not for days to come—or ever, if the case went against them.
PLAGUE SHIPANDRE NORTONThe time-honoured brutality of swan-upping is now mitigated by law, its cruelty being obvious.
THE NATURALIST ON THE THAMESC. J. CORNISHThis is called "swan-upping," and a good time it used to be.
THE NURSERY, JULY 1881, VOL. XXXVARIOUSBosches who have really fought for their country do not object to "Hoot-upping."
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 156, MARCH 19, 1919VARIOUS“You number yourself in an illustrious company by upping your finger and thumb into it,” said he.
RODNEY STONEARTHUR CONAN DOYLE"You are cut-upping," he gasped, staring with wide eyes—that perceptibly narrowed as he glanced down at the pipes.
WINGS OF THE WINDCREDO HARRISThen he sank down upon one of the upping-stocks, snatched a hunk of bread, munched hastily.
THE DEVIL'S GARDENW. B. MAXWELLWORDS RELATED TO UPPING
- accession
- accretion
- addition
- amplification
- beefing up
- boost
- buildup
- development
- enhancement
- enlargement
- enrichment
- expansion
- extension
- fleshing out
- growth
- heightening
- hike
- increase
- increment
- inflation
- intensification
- magnification
- multiplication
- raise
- reinforcement
- rise
- strengthening
- swelling
- up
- upping
- adding to
- addition
- adulthood
- advance
- advancement
- advancing
- augmentation
- augmenting
- boost
- buildup
- chrysalis
- developing
- elaborating
- enlargement
- evolution
- evolvement
- evolving
- expansion
- flowering
- hike
- improvement
- increase
- increasing
- making progress
- maturation
- maturing
- maturity
- ongoing
- ontogenesis
- ontogeny
- perfecting
- progress
- progression
- reinforcement
- reinforcing
- spread
- spreading
- unfolding
- unraveling
- upgrowth
- upping
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.