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Upend Moderate

Upend has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

become turned or set on end

"the airplanes upended"

2

set, turn, or stand on end

"upend the box and empty the contents"

3

To end up; to set on end.

See Also
overthrow end turn over defeat upends rainstick invalidate upending
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
overturn put

Origin

The word comes from combining the prefix up- with end. It originally meant to turn something upside down by its end.

Rhyming Words
end bend hend vend lend pend send tend zend wend mend fend rend emend 3 end trend piend fiend shend anend
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