little vs upper

little

det
  • Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of). 

adj
  • Operating on a small scale. 

  • Very young. 

  • Short in duration; brief. 

  • To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign. 

  • Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous. 

  • Younger. 

  • Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place. 

  • Having few members. 

  • Small in size. 

  • Insignificant, trivial. 

  • Used to belittle a person. 

pron
  • Not much; not a large amount. 

noun
  • One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state. 

  • A small amount. 

  • A child; particularly an infant. 

  • A newly initiated member of a sorority, who is mentored by a big. 

  • The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role. 

adv
  • Not at all. 

  • Not much. 

upper

noun
  • A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw. 

  • The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole. 

  • An upper berth or bunk. 

  • That which is higher, contrasted with the lower. 

  • A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite. 

  • The upper portion of something 

  • Someone with higher social standing 

  • A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension. 

  • A senior student. 

  • A tooth in the upper jaw. 

  • The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to a secondary school. 

  • At a higher level, rank or position. 

  • younger, more recent 

  • Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly. 

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