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Upend — Up*end , v. t. To end up; to set on end, as a cask. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
upend — index overthrow, overturn, upset Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
upend — (v.) 1823, from UP (Cf. up) + END (Cf. end) … Etymology dictionary
upend — ► VERB ▪ set or turn on its end or upside down … English terms dictionary
upend — [up end′] vt., vi. 1. to set or turn on end 2. to upset or topple … English World dictionary
upend — verb 1. become turned or set on end the airplanes upended • Derivationally related forms: ↑upending • Hypernyms: ↑overturn, ↑turn over, ↑tip over, ↑tump over • … Useful english dictionary
Upend — Infobox UK place official name= Upend country= England region= East of England os grid reference= TL705575 latitude= 52.19 longitude= 0.49 post town= postcode area= postcode district= dial code= shire county= Cambridgeshire population= hide… … Wikipedia
upend — UK [ʌpˈend] / US verb [transitive] Word forms upend : present tense I/you/we/they upend he/she/it upends present participle upending past tense upended past participle upended 1) to turn something upside down 2) mainly journalism to deliberately… … English dictionary
upend — Date: 1823 transitive verb 1. to set or stand on end; also overturn 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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
upend — [[t]ʌ̱pe̱nd[/t]] upends, upending, upended VERB If you upend something, you turn it upside down. [V n] He upended the beer, and swallowed. [V ed] ...upended flower pots … English dictionary
