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Overturn
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upend
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Word definitions for upend in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in 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).
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also up-end , "set on end," 1823, from up + end . Related: Upended ; upending .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And when Chris Allen was upended in the area, United probably thought they were home and dry. ▪ Louis upended the bundle into the rainwater-butt. ▪ Rachaela put the portions into a dish and upended a can of Heinz tomato soup ...
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.