Crossword clues for upend
upend
- Affect radically
- Overturn suspension of writer by university director
- Seconds left to postpone trip
- Sacrifice bishop for pawn in trap, gaining turn
- Knock over
- Knock down
- Turn upside down
- Make vertical
- Cause to topple over
- Cause to topple
- Stand something on its head
- Turn on its head
- Turn on edge
- Place in an erect position
- Throw for a loss
- Knock off balance
- Flip on its head
- Drastically affect
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Upend \Up*end"\, v. t. To end up; to set on end, as a cask.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To end up; to set on (l en end). 2 To (l en tip) or (l en turn over). 3 To (l en destroy), (l en invalidate), (l en overthrow), or (l en defeat).
WordNet
v. become turned or set on end; "the airplanes upended"
set, turn, or stand on end; "upend the box and empty the contents"
Wikipedia
Upend is a hamlet in the east of Cambridgeshire. It is located 5 miles (8 km) south east of Newmarket and lies in the same parish as Kirtling. Until the 15th century Upend was called Upheme which is old English for ‘the up-dwelling’. Upend may once have been a separate village but it had been absorbed into Kirtling at some time before 1066.
The population of Upend in 2013 was 70. As the population at the 2011 census was less than 100 the population is included in the civil parish of Kirtling.
Usage examples of "upend".
Elaborately casual, he rearranged his breechclout and lit his pipe before walking over to an upended barrel of brandy and sticking his head into the broached end.
To tear off the ends of the thick cartridge paper, prime the gun, close the frizzen, upend the musket, pour the powder, put in the ball, ram the ball and paper, drop the ramrod into the barrel rings, bring the musket to the shoulder, pull the doghead to full cock, aim at the smoke, remember to aim low, wait for the order.
Borax struggled to swing a gumwood desk tray in front of him, and patted it to indicate Carter should upend the sack there.
The urge to unleash her rage, to scream, to upend tables and chairs, had Kerrie gripping her muscles so tightly they ached.
Satoshi joined her, watched the transmission with her for a moment, then upended his sling full of oranges into the storage box.
Elizabeth thrashes about in his grasp, wildly wigwagging her lean delicate arms, then frantically kicking her long frail legs in the air as Paco, roaring with laughter, upends her.
The German sergeant had his shako upended on the firestep and half-filled with cartridges.
Did he think wobbly or upended regimes in Egypt and Saudi Arabia were worth the price of removing Saddam?
The sepoys, seeing her upended with her long legs in the air, shouted in triumph and surged forward and Sharpe whirled the musket like a club to drive them backwards.
Cupboards opened and shut, the water jug upended itself into cups that floated about, hovering knives spread peanut butter onto floating slices of bread.
His left hand flew up toward his cap, catching the corner of the board and upending it with a smack.
He beheld her pale body and hair spring and turn over, and then the upending of something that curved up like a bow against the shining sky, flickering a fan of silvered paper upon its utmost end.
He held it steady in preparation for upending the contents into the tank.
Gravely, the officer raised the head of the upended axe to his lips and kissed the burnished metal.
He took one mouthful, spit it downhill, then threw back his head and upended the bottle, his throat working.