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A hamlet in Kirtling parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL7058).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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To end up; to set on end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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To tip or turn over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.
- upend the box and empty the contents
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To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Examples
- The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.
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To affect or upset drastically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Examples
- By the middle of March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended normal life for virtually all Americans.
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set, turn, or stand on end
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- upend the box and empty the contents
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Broader terms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
become turned or set on end
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
поставям на ръб
(postavjam na rǎb)
— to end up; to set on end
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Dutch:
stop zetten
— to end up; to set on end
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Dutch:
beëindigen
— to end up; to set on end
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Finnish:
panna kumolleen
— to end up; to set on end
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Finnish:
kumota
— to end up; to set on end
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German:
hochkant stellen
— to end up; to set on end
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Northern Kurdish:
bi dawî anîn
— to end up; to set on end
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Northern Kurdish:
qedandin
— to end up; to set on end
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Polish:
kończyć
— to end up; to set on end
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Polish:
skończyć
— to end up; to set on end
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Russian:
зака́нчивать
(zakánčivatʹ)
— to end up; to set on end
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Russian:
положить конец
(položitʹ konec)
— to end up; to set on end
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Spanish:
poner vertical
— to end up; to set on end
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Swedish:
resa upp
— to end up; to set on end
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Swedish:
ställa på högkant
— to end up; to set on end
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Swedish:
ställa på ända
— to end up; to set on end
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Bulgarian:
преобръщам
(preobrǎštam)
— to tip or turn over
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Czech:
obrátit
— to tip or turn over
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Czech:
převrátit
— to tip or turn over
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Czech:
překlopit
— to tip or turn over
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Czech:
otočit dnem vzhůru
— to tip or turn over
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Dutch:
op zijn kop zetten
— to tip or turn over
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Dutch:
omkeren
— to tip or turn over
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Dutch:
omkiepen
— to tip or turn over
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Finnish:
kääntää ympäri
— to tip or turn over
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Finnish:
kumota
— to tip or turn over
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Finnish:
kellauttaa
— to tip or turn over
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French:
bouleverser
— to tip or turn over
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French:
verser
— to tip or turn over
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German:
umkippen
— to tip or turn over
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German:
umstülpen
— to tip or turn over
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German:
auf den Kopf stellen
— to tip or turn over
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Northern Kurdish:
qulipandin
— to tip or turn over
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Northern Kurdish:
serberjêr kirin
— to tip or turn over
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Māori:
porohuri
— to tip or turn over
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Polish:
przewracać do góry nogami
— to tip or turn over
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Polish:
przewrócić do góry nogami
— to tip or turn over
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Portuguese:
virar
— to tip or turn over
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Romanian:
întoarce
— to tip or turn over
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Romanian:
da peste cap
— to tip or turn over
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Russian:
переворачивать
(perevoračivatʹ)
— to tip or turn over
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Russian:
опрокидывать
(oprokidyvatʹ)
— to tip or turn over
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Spanish:
dar vuelta
— to tip or turn over
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Spanish:
voltear
— to tip or turn over
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Spanish:
poner patas arriba
— to tip or turn over
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Swedish:
vända på
— to tip or turn over
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Swedish:
vända
— to tip or turn over
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Swedish:
vända upp och ned på
— to tip or turn over
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Swedish:
välta omkull
— to tip or turn over
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Dutch:
onderuithalen
— to destroy, invalidate
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Finnish:
kumota
— to destroy, invalidate
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Finnish:
mitätöidä
— to destroy, invalidate
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Finnish:
tuhota
— to destroy, invalidate
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Finnish:
tehdä loppu
— to destroy, invalidate
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Finnish:
tehdä tyhjäksi
— to destroy, invalidate
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German:
zerstören
— to destroy, invalidate
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Northern Kurdish:
perçiqandin
— to destroy, invalidate
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Northern Kurdish:
şikandin
— to destroy, invalidate
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Northern Kurdish:
hilweşandin
— to destroy, invalidate
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Northern Kurdish:
ruxandin
— to destroy, invalidate
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Polish:
obalać
— to destroy, invalidate
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Polish:
obalić
— to destroy, invalidate
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Russian:
сверга́ть
(svergátʹ)
— to destroy, invalidate
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Russian:
опровергать
(oprovergatʹ)
— to destroy, invalidate
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Spanish:
refutar
— to destroy, invalidate
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Spanish:
desafiar
— to destroy, invalidate
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Spanish:
derribar
— to destroy, invalidate
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Swedish:
kullkasta
— to destroy, invalidate