Upend
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upend¹
- /ʌpˈɛnd/
Sounds like append · Rhymes with -ɛnd
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
English up-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos
Proto-Germanic *andijaz
Proto-West Germanic *andī
Old English ende
Middle English ende
English end
English upend
From up- + end.
verb upends · upending · upended
- To end up; to set on end.
- To tip or turn over. When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.
- To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat. The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.
- To affect or upset drastically. By the middle of March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended normal life for virtually all Americans.
Upend²
proper noun
- A hamlet in Kirtling parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL7058).
