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upend

verb
/ʌpˈɛnd/

Etymology

From up- + end.

  1. derived from *andijōną✻
  2. derived from endian
  3. derived from enden
  4. inherited from *h₂entíos✻ — “forehead; front”
  5. inherited from *andijaz✻ — “end”
  6. inherited from *andī✻
  7. inherited from ende
  8. inherited from ende
  9. formed as upend — “up- + end”

Definitions

  1. To end up

    To end up; to set on end.

  2. To tip or turn over.

    • When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.
    • upend the box and empty the contents

  3. To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.

    • The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.
    • James Meredith's forced admission was a milestone in upending the old order in America's most segregated state, a kind of race relations ground zero.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To affect or upset drastically.

      • By the middle of March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended normal life for virtually all Americans.

    2. A hamlet in Kirtling parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS…

      A hamlet in Kirtling parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL7058).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA