0 present 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.
It would eliminate those tragic, accidental cases of prams upending and depositing the poor infant on the road in front of oncoming cars.
The genre has been credited with upending the stereotype of gaming as a sedentary activity, and promoting an active lifestyle.
It walks well, without waddling, and although it normally feeds by upending, it can dive if necessary.
Indirectly, it is upending the international monetary system.
It forages beside or in the water, sometimes upending in the water to feed.
While often constructed by upending an old bathtub and burying one end, similar designs have been factory produced.
A planchet that escapes getting struck (with or without upending) is known as a blank planchet or blank.
Enraged, he attacks her, upending her dining room table and throwing her across the room.
