Word Study
upend
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb upend has 2 senses
- upend(v = verb.motion) Array - become turned or set on end; "the airplanes upended" is one way to overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over
- upend(v = verb.contact) Array - set, turn, or stand on end; "upend the box and empty the contents" is one way to lay, place, pose, position, put, set
Derived form noun upending1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived form noun upending1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
THESAURUS
upend
beat, cast up, clobber, drub, elevate, erect, honeycomb, lick, lift up, overset, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pitch, raise, raise aloft, raise up, rear, rear aloft, sap, sap the foundations, set up, shellac, stand upright, subvert, throw down, throw over, trim, trounce, undermine, upheave, uplift, upraise, uprear, upright, upset, wallop, weaken
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