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- Dictionaryupended/ʌpˈɛndɪd/
adjective
- 1. set or turned on its end or upside down: "an upended box"
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verb [ T ] uk / ʌpˈend / us / ʌpˈend / 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 phrasal verb. boop.
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 something/someone away phrasal verb. boop. bring someone down phrasal verb. bundle. dig.
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.
1. to set on end, as a barrel or ship. 2. to affect drastically or radically, as tastes, opinions, reputations, or systems.
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 phrasal verb. boop. bring someone down phrasal verb. bundle. dig.
verb. /ʌpˈend/ Verb Forms. 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. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
