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.