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UPLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
Synonyms:
highland; upland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("upland" is a kind of...):
elevation; natural elevation (a raised or elevated geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "upland"):
down ((usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil)
plateau; tableland (a relatively flat highland)
Instance hyponyms:
Highlands; Highlands of Scotland (a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of high or hilly country
Synonyms:
highland; upland
Classified under:
Similar:
alpestrine; subalpine (growing at high altitudes)
alpine (living or growing above the timber line)
mountainous (containing many mountains)
Antonym:
lowland (of relatively low or level country)
Context examples:
Never have I travelled at such a pace, and never have I felt such a sense of exhilaration from the rush of keen upland air upon our faces, and from the sight of those two glorious creatures stretched to their utmost, with the roar of their hoofs and the rattle of our wheels as the light curricle bounded and swayed behind them.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was a toilsome march over broken ground and through snow, which came often as high as the knee, yet ere the sun had begun to sink they had reached the spot where the gorge opens out on to the uplands of Navarre, and could see the towers of Pampeluna jutting up against the southern sky-line.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
To Alleyne whose days had been spent in the low-lying coastland, the eager upland air and the wide free country-side gave a sense of life and of the joy of living which made his young blood tingle in his veins.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
