Associations to the word «Upend»

Wiktionary

UPEND, verb. (transitive) To end up; to set on end.
UPEND, verb. To tip or turn over.
UPEND, verb. To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.

Dictionary definition

UPEND, verb. Become turned or set on end; "the airplanes upended".
UPEND, verb. Set, turn, or stand on end; "upend the box and empty the contents".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky