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- Dictionaryupended/ʌpˈɛndɪd/
adjective
- 1. set or turned on its end or upside down: "an upended box"
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to push or move something so that the part that usually touches the ground is not touching the ground any more: She upended the chessboard halfway through the game because she was losing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Pushing and shoving. bat something/someone away. boop. bring someone down. bundle. dig. elbow. knock someone down.
verb. up· end ˌəp-ˈend. upended; upending; upends. Synonyms of upend. transitive verb. 1. : to set or stand on end. also : overturn sense 1. 2. a. : to affect to the point of being upset or flurried. a … literary shocker, designed to upend the credulous matrons Wolcott Gibbs. b. : defeat, beat. intransitive verb. : to rise on an end. Synonyms.
to push or move something so that the part that usually touches the ground is not touching the ground any more: She upended the chessboard halfway through the game because she was losing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Pushing and shoving. bat something/someone away. boop. bring someone down. bundle. dig. elbow. goad.
1. To stand, set, or turn on one end: upend an oblong box. 2. To invalidate, destroy, or change completely; overthrow: upended a popular legend. 3. To win victory over; defeat. v.intr. To be upended. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Meaning of upend in English. upend. verb [ T ] us / ʌpˈend / uk / ʌpˈend / Add to word list. to push or move something so that the part that usually touches the ground is not touching the ground any more: She upended the chessboard halfway through the game because she was losing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Pushing and shoving.
upend. [ uhp- end ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) to set on end, as a barrel or ship. to affect drastically or radically, as tastes, opinions, reputations, or systems. to defeat in competition, as in boxing or business. verb (used without object) to become upended. to place the body back-end up, as a dabbling duck. upend.
verb. /ʌpˈend/ Verb Forms. upend somebody/something to turn somebody/something the wrong way up or onto one end. The bicycle lay upended in a ditch. They sat on upended wooden boxes. (figurative) heroes who upend the social order. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
upend. /ˈʌpˌɛnd/ /əpˈɛnd/ IPA guide. Other forms: upended; upends; upending. When you upend something, you flip it over or tip it on one side. Tell your sister you won't play checkers with her anymore if she continues to upend the board angrily every time she loses.
Definition of 'upend' Word Frequency. upend. (ʌpend ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense upends , present participle upending , past tense, past participle upended. verb. If you upend something, you turn it upside down. He upended the can, and swallowed. [VERB noun] ...upended flower pots. [VERB-ed]
to turn someone or something upside down The bicycle lay upended in a ditch. They sat on upended wooden boxes.
