Above

1. adv. More than; as, above five hundred were present.
2. prep. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; — opposed to below or beneath.
3. prep. Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach.
4. prep. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)
5. adv. In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
6. adv. Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.
7. adv. Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.