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Upend

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Verb

1. upend

become turned or set on end

Example Sentences:
'the airplanes upended'

2. upend

set, turn, or stand on end

Example Sentences:
'upend the box and empty the contents'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Upend

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verb
1. 
to turn or set or become turned or set on end
2. (transitive)
to affect or upset drastically

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Upend

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verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. 
to set or turn on end
2. 
to upset or topple

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Upend

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v. up·end·ed, up·end·ing, up·ends
v.tr.
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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