Upland
['ʌplənd]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns.
(a.) Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
(a.) Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished.
Editor: Olivia
Definition
n. upper or high land as opposed to meadows river-sides &c.—adj. high in situation: pertaining to uplands.—n. Up′lander.—adj. Up′landish (obs.).
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Examples
- But in upland hamlets the transition from a-bed to abroad is surprisingly swift and easy. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The scene was strangely homogeneous, in that the vale, the upland, the barrow, and the figure above it amounted only to unity. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- On every continent, in proceeding from north to south, from lowland to upland, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The webbed feet of the upland goose may be said to have become almost rudimentary in function, though not in structure. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Away beyond the dawn of history, 3000 or 4000 years ago, one thinks of the Wiltshire uplands in the twilight of a midsummer day's morning. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I was in the service of a farmer; and with crook in hand, my dog at my side, I shepherded a numerous flock on the near uplands. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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