upend
Verb
Verb Forms: upended, upending, upends
- To set or stand something on one end.
- become turned or set on end
- "the airplanes upended"
- set, turn, or stand on end
- "upend the box and empty the contents"
- To end up; to set on end.
- To tip or turn over.
- To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.
- To affect or upset drastically.
Examples
- A single well-placed word can UPEND an entire Scrabble game, changing the leader instantly.
- By the middle of March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended normal life for virtually all Americans.
- The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.
- upend the box and empty the contents
- When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.
Origin / Etymology
From up- + end.
Scrabble Score: 8
upend: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordupend: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
upend: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
upend: valid Words With Friends Word