upstage in English
- upstage⇄adj. 1. toward or at the back of the stage.
Ex. upstage furniture.
2. having to do with the back part of the stage.
3. (Informal, Figurative.) haughty; aloof; supercilious. - upstage⇄adv. toward or at the back of the stage, which was formerly higher than the front; away from the footlights.
Ex. to walk upstage. - upstage⇄noun the back part of a stage.
- upstage⇄upstage, adverb, adjective, noun, verb, -staged,-staging.
- upstage⇄v.t. 1. to draw attention away from (an actor) by doing something upstage or in back of him, or by forcing him to face away from the audience.
2. (Figurative:)
Ex. ... a style of house design so original and so lavish that it tends to upstag