Infobox UK place
official_name= Upend
country= England
region= East of England
os_grid_reference= TL705575
latitude= 52.19
longitude= 0.49
post_town=
postcode_area=
postcode_district=
dial_code=
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population=
hide_services= Yes
website= http://www.kirtlingandupend.org.uk/
Upend is a village in the east of the English county of
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Upend — Up*end , v. t. To end up; to set on end, as a cask. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
upend — index overthrow, overturn, upset Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
upend — (v.) 1823, from UP (Cf. up) + END (Cf. end) … Etymology dictionary
upend — ► VERB ▪ set or turn on its end or upside down … English terms dictionary
upend — [up end′] vt., vi. 1. to set or turn on end 2. to upset or topple … English World dictionary
upend — verb 1. become turned or set on end the airplanes upended • Derivationally related forms: ↑upending • Hypernyms: ↑overturn, ↑turn over, ↑tip over, ↑tump over • … Useful english dictionary
upend — UK [ʌpˈend] / US verb [transitive] Word forms upend : present tense I/you/we/they upend he/she/it upends present participle upending past tense upended past participle upended 1) to turn something upside down 2) mainly journalism to deliberately… … English dictionary
upend — 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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
upend — [[t]ʌ̱pe̱nd[/t]] upends, upending, upended VERB If you upend something, you turn it upside down. [V n] He upended the beer, and swallowed. [V ed] ...upended flower pots … English dictionary
upend — /up end /, v.t. 1. to set on end, as a barrel or ship. 2. to affect drastically or radically, as tastes, opinions, reputations, or systems. 3. to defeat in competition, as in boxing or business. v.i. 4. to become upended. 5. to place the body… … Universalium
