Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

up-end

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.60 in modern English

Syllables: up--end
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To turn (something) upside down, to invert (something).

Example Sentences

"We see his shoulders strain as he up-ends the coffin and slides it single-handed from the saw-horses."
"Take a long tube full of mercury and up-end it with its open end in a pool of mercury, and, Torricelli found, some but not all of the mercury flows out of the tube"
"She turned on all the lights, swung the closed suitcase up to the table, shoved the table against the wall, up-ended the suitcase so that its leather side presented a smooth surface, and propped a firm sheet of white cardboar against the inpromptu rack."

Inflected Forms

up-ends (present, singular) up-ending (participle, present) up-ended (participle, past) up-ended (past)

Phrases

end up

Frequently Paired Words

end up

Questions

What does up-end mean?: To turn (something) upside down, to invert (something).

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