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Upend

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To stand, set, or turn on one end: upend an oblong box.

v. To invalidate, destroy, or change completely; overthrow: upended a popular legend.

v. To win victory over; defeat.

verb-intransitive. To be upended.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To end up; to set on end.

v. To tip or turn over.

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

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To end up; to set on end, as a cask.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To stand on end.

To set on end, as a barrel.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. set, turn, or stand on end

v. become turned or set on end

Word Usage

"The Fed's new rules "upend" the card business and fast-forwarding them would "create huge implementation challenges," said Kenneth Clayton, senior vice president of card policy at the American Bankers Association."

Verb Form

upended upending upends

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

position pose put set lay

Cross Reference

upending-tongs

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

ten-gallon claw-footed twenty-gallon up-ended half-empty