Invert

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To turn inside out or upside down: invert an hourglass.
  • v. To reverse the position, order, or condition of: invert the subject and predicate of a sentence.
  • v. To subject to inversion. See Synonyms at reverse.
  • verb-intransitive. To be subjected to inversion.
  • n. Something inverted.
  • n. Psychology One who takes on the gender role of the opposite sex.
  • n. Psychology In the theory of Sigmund Freud, a homosexual person. No longer in scientific use.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To turn (something) upside down or inside out.
  • v. To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
  • n. A homosexual man.
  • n. An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *
  • n. The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
  • n. An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse
  • v. To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
  • v. To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
  • v. To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
  • verb-intransitive. To undergo inversion, as sugar.
  • adj. Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
  • n. An inverted arch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To turn in an opposite direction; turn end for end, upside down, or inside out; place in a contrary order or position: as, to invert a cone or a sack; to invert the order of words.
  • To divert; turn into another channel; devote to another purpose.
  • Synonyms Overthrow, Subvert, etc. See overturn.
  • n. In architecture, an inverted arch; specifically, the floor of the lock-chamber of a canal, which is usually in the form of an inverted arch, or the bottom of a sewer.
  • n. In telegraphy, an inverted or reversed insulator.
  • In chem., to convert (cane-sugar) into a mixture of glucose and fructose.
  • In music: Of an interval, to transpose the lower tone an octave higher, so that it falls (usually) above the higher tone.
  • Of a melody or theme, to take its intervals in order downward instead of upward, thus making a new melody, but one whose relation to the first is exact and intelligible.
  • Of a chord, to arrange its tones in any order in which the root is not in the bass.
  • An abbreviation of Invertebrata;
  • of invertebrate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make an inversion (in a musical composition)
  • v. turn inside out or upside down
  • v. reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
  • Verb Form
    inverted    invertibility    inverting    inverts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change    modify    alter    reorder   
    Cross Reference
    convert   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    upset    reverse    divert    inverted    converted    revers   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bert    Curt    Evert    Insert    Kurt    alert    assert    avert    birt    blurt   
    Same Context
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