UPENDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does upending mean? 

• UPENDING (noun)
  The noun UPENDING has 1 sense:

1. turning upside down; setting on end

  Familiarity information: UPENDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPENDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turning upside down; setting on end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

inversion; upending

Hypernyms ("upending" is a kind of...):

motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "upending"):

overturn; turnover; upset (the act of upsetting something)

Derivation:

upend (set, turn, or stand on end)

upend (become turned or set on end)