upended
past simple and past participle ofupend
upend
verb[T]
uk/ʌpˈend/us/ʌpˈend/topushormovesomething so that thepartthat usuallytouchesthegroundis nottouchingthegroundany more:
She upended thechessboardhalfwaythrough thegamebecause she waslosing.
Pushing and shoving
- bat
- batsomething/someoneaway
- bring
- bringsomeonedown
- bundle
- defenestrate
- dig
- elbow
- goad
- heave
- nudge
- poke
- poke/digsomeonein the ribsidiom
- prod
- propel
- push
- push off
- rib
- shoulder
- upset
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Turning upside down
Examplesofupended
upended
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
As in the other texts on the page, the natural order has beenupended.
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We suspect, however, that most feel the way we do, bothered that are our dogma has somehow beenupended.
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Or should it beupended?
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When she was given the chemical, she was placed on a table, injected andupendedso that it sloshed up and down her spinal column.
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That completelyupendedthe computations and reasonable calculations made by the industrial company in exploring the scheme.
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Some of these resembleupendedpitchforks, and when encountered unexpectedly on a misty day, the effect is faintly nightmarish.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The name derives from the serried row ofupendedwhale skulls along the beach at the head of the cove.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thisupendedthe cart, tipping its passengers into the river, which at the time was swollen in flood.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A place where social norms wereupendedwas inherently suspect.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the stick isupended, the pebbles fall to the other end of the tube, making a sound reminiscent of rain falling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To prove this theory, he filled a long glass tube (sealed at one end) with mercury andupendedit into a dish also containing mercury.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The name "flatiron" refers their resemblance to anupended, household flatiron.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It works by way of surface tension that prevents liquid from being spilled even when the cup isupended.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The shape of the building is very unusual, looking similar to anupendedsugarloaf.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A surviving photograph captures the machineupendedon its side as it falls off the houseboat.
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- court of first instance
- court-of-first-instance
- court of inquiry
- court-of-inquiry
- court-of-justice-of-the-european-union
- court of law
- court-of-law
- court-of-queen-s-bench
- court order
- court-order
- court reporter
- court-reporter
- courtroom
- courtroom drama
- court session
- courtship
- courtship behaviour
- courtship display
- courtship ritual
- court shoe
- court-shoe
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