Up

One two-letter  word  in English has more meanings than any other two-letter  word, and that word is ‘UP.’  It is listed in  the  dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n]  or [v].
It’s easy  to  understand UP, meaning toward the sky  or at the top  of the list, but when we awaken in  the morning, why do we wake  UP?
At a meeting, why  does a topic come UP?  Why  do we speak  UP, and why are the  officers UP for  election and why is  it UP to  the secretary to write UP a  report?  We call UP our friends,  brighten  UP a room, polish  UP  the silver,  warm UP the leftovers and clean  UP the kitchen.   We  lock UP the house and fix  UP the old   car.
At other  times, this  little word has real special meaning.   People  stir UP trouble, line  UP for tickets, work   UP an appetite, and think  UP excuses.
To be dressed  is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing:  A  drain must be opened UP because it is stopped  UP.
We open UP a store in the morning  but we close it UP at night.  We seem to be pretty mixed UP about  UP!
To be knowledgeable  about the proper uses of   UP, look UP the word UP in the  dictionary.   In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes   UP almost  1/4 of the page and can add UP to about  thirty  definitions.
If you are  UP to  it,  you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP  is  used.  It will take UP a lot  of your time, but  if you don’t give UP, you may wind   UP with a hundred or  more. 
When it threatens to  rain, we  say it is clouding UP.  When the sun  comes out, we say  it is clearing UP.  When it rains,  it soaks UP  the earth.  When it  does not rain for awhile, things dry   UP.  One could go on  and on, but I’ll wrap it UP,  for now . . . my time  is UP!
Oh . .. . one more  thing:   What is the first thing you do in  the morning and the last thing you  do at  night?
U P!
I’ll shut UP now.