Definition of upward:
(v) :
in a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward; in the upper parts; above
"looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail. -Hooker."
(n) :
: The upper part; the top
"from the extremest upward of thy head. -Shak."