āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to upend
01
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to set, turn, or stand an object on its end or upside down
Transitive: to upend sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Trying to read the label, she upended the bottle to see the ingredients listed at the bottom.
āĻ˛ā§āĻŦā§āĻ˛ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to undergo a change in position where an object becomes turned or set on end
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As the earthquake shook the region, several gravestones in the cemetery upended.
āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŽā§āĻĒ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŦāĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
