UPEND


Meaning of UPEND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌəp-ˈend ]

Date: 1823

transitive verb

1. : to set or stand on end ; also : overturn 1

2.

a. : to affect to the point of being upset or flurried

a…literary shocker, designed to upend the credulous matrons — Wolcott Gibbs

b. : defeat , beat

intransitive verb

: to rise on an end

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.