Up and down has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adverb
Adjective
1
Vertical; perpendicular; said of the cable when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse hole, and the cable is taut.
Adverb
1
moving backward and forward along a given course
"he walked up and down the locker room"
"all up and down the Eastern seaboard"
2
alternately upward and downward
"he eyed him up and down"
3
upward and downward, alternately
Example Sentences
"he walked up and down the locker room"
adverb
"all up and down the Eastern seaboard"
adverb
"he eyed him up and down"
adverb