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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne