up·end ( p- nd )v. up·end·ed, up·end·ing, up·ends v.tr. 1. To stand, set, or turn on one end: upend an oblong box. 2. To invalidate, destroy, or change completely; overthrow: upended a popular legend. 3. To win victory over; defeat. v.intr. To be upended. |
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| Adj. | 1. |  upended - turned up on end vertical, perpendicular - at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height" |
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