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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. bat something/someone away. boop. bring. bring someone down.
When something is upended, it's turned upside down, either literally or figuratively, like an upended chair or an upended work schedule that has been changed from daytime to the night shift.
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. To move the table from one room to another, you might have to upend it so it'll fit through the door, resting it on one end.
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. / ʌpˈɛnd / verb. to turn or set or become turned or set on end. tr to affect or upset drastically.
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]
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. bat something/someone away.
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.
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.
