upend
(verb)
verb
1. become turned or set on end
- the airplanes upended
Definition categories: motion, overturn
2. set, turn, or stand on end
- upend the box and empty the contents
Definition categories: contact, lay, place, pose, position, put, set
Sentences with upend as a verb:
- When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.
- The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.