upland

5 definitions found

upland - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Upland \Up"land\, n.
     1. High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals
        which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between
        hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to
        lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the
        like.
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     2. The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of
        towns. [Obs.]
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  Upland \Up"land\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in
        situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
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              Sometimes, with secure delight
              The upland hamlets will invite.       --Milton.
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     2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the
        neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.W2]
        " The race of upland giants." --Chapman.
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     Upland moccasin. (Zool.) See Moccasin.
  
     Upland sandpiper, or Upland plover (Zool.), a large
        American sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) much valued as
        a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields
        and uplands. Called also Bartramian sandpiper,
        Bartram's tattler, field plover, grass plover,
        highland plover, hillbird, humility, prairie  plover
        , prairie pigeon, prairie snipe, papabote,
        quaily, and uplander.
  
     Upland sumach (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus
        Rhus (Rhus glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.
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upland - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  upland
      adj 1: used of high or hilly country [syn: upland,
             highland(a)] [ant: lowland]
      n 1: elevated (e.g., mountainous) land [syn: highland,
           upland] [ant: lowland]

upland - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Upland, CA (city, FIPS 81344)
    Location: 34.11880 N, 117.65775 W
    Population (1990): 63374 (24496 housing units)
    Area: 39.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 91786
  Upland, IN (town, FIPS 77966)
    Location: 40.46278 N, 85.51331 W
    Population (1990): 3295 (798 housing units)
    Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 46989
  Upland, NE (village, FIPS 49880)
    Location: 40.31905 N, 98.90155 W
    Population (1990): 169 (95 housing units)
    Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68981
  Upland, PA (borough, FIPS 78712)
    Location: 39.85665 N, 75.37979 W
    Population (1990): 3334 (1224 housing units)
    Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

upland - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "upland":
     Arcadian, agrarian, agrestic, agricultural, agricultural region,
     alkali flat, alluvial plain, arable land, basin, black belt,
     bottomland, bucolic, bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country,
     citrus belt, coastal plain, corn belt, cotton belt, country,
     countryside, delta, desert, down, downs, dust bowl, farm,
     farm belt, farm country, farmland, fell, flat, flat country,
     flatland, flats, fruit belt, grass roots, grass veld, grassland,
     grazing region, heath, highland, highlands, hill-dwelling, lande,
     level, llano, lowland, lowlands, lunar mare, mare,
     meadows and pastures, mesa, mesilla, moor, moorland, moors,
     mountain-dwelling, open country, pampa, pampas, pastoral,
     peneplain, plain, plains, plateau, playa, prairie, prairies,
     province, provinces, provincial, rolling country, rural,
     rural district, rustic, rustic region, salt flat, salt marsh,
     salt pan, savanna, sebkha, steppe, steppes, table, tableland,
     the country, the soil, the sticks, tobacco belt, tree veld, tundra,
     uplands, vega, veld, weald, wheat belt, wide-open spaces, wold,
     woodland, woods and fields, yokeldom