0 past simple and past participle of upend
1 to push or move something so that the part that usually touches the ground is not touching the ground any more:
She upended the chessboard halfway through the game because she was losing.
As in the other texts on the page, the natural order has been upended.
We suspect, however, that most feel the way we do, bothered that are our dogma has somehow been upended.
Or should it be upended?
When she was given the chemical, she was placed on a table, injected and upended so that it sloshed up and down her spinal column.
That completely upended the computations and reasonable calculations made by the industrial company in exploring the scheme.
Some of these resemble upended pitchforks, and when encountered unexpectedly on a misty day, the effect is faintly nightmarish.
The name derives from the serried row of upended whale skulls along the beach at the head of the cove.
This upended the cart, tipping its passengers into the river, which at the time was swollen in flood.
