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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. become turned or set on end;
- Example: "the airplanes upended"

2. set, turn, or stand on end;
- Example: "upend the box and empty the contents"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Upend \Up*end"\, v. t.
   To end up; to set on end, as a cask.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

upend
    v 1: become turned or set on end; "the airplanes upended"
    2: set, turn, or stand on end; "upend the box and empty the
       contents"