Upside

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Upside \Up"side`\, n.
     1. The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
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     2. the benefits; the positive features; -- said of a
        situation or event that has both positive (good) and


        negative (bad) aspects.
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     {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.
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              These that have turned the world upside down are
              come hither also.                     --Acts xvii.
                                                    6.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  upside
       n : the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books
           on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was
           painted" [syn: {top}, {top side}, {upper side}]