upper
/ˈʌpɚ/ adjective B1- At a higher physical position, level, rank or order.
- Situated on higher ground, further inland, more upstream, or more northerly.
- Younger, more recent.
- Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
Superlative uppermost
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He found a serpent in the upper branches of the tree, and again being greatly alarmed, he threw himself into the river, where a crocodile caught him and ate him.
It is a considerable house, unfurnished, so far as I could judge, in the upper rooms.
The Bandar-log howled with triumph and scuffled away to the upper branches where Bagheera dared not follow, shouting: “He has noticed us!
They were on the upper floor, and from our window we could command a view of the avenue gate, and of the inhabited wing of Stoke Moran Manor House.
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