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15 words match “UPSIDE”

UPSIDE n.
The upper side; the part that is uppermost. To be upsides with, to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott. T. Hughes. -- Upside down. Etym: [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down, literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. Shak. These that h…
BOULEVERSEMENT n.
Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.
DEBASED a.
Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.
HARROW n.
An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried. Bush harrow, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow. -- Drill harrow. See under 6th Drill. -- Under the harrow, subjected to actual torture with…
INVERT v.
To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc. That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if these organs had deceptious functions. Shak. Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting its prop…
OVERTHROW v.
To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. Jer. Taylor.
RESUPINATE a.
Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.
REVERSE a. 2 definitions
Turned upside down; greatly disturbed. [Obs.] He found the sea diverse With many a windy storm reverse. Gower.
SIDELING adv.
aterally; also, obliquely; askew. A fellow nailed up maps . . . some sideling, and others upside down. Swift.
TOPSY-TURVY adv.
In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.
TURN v.
retort; to throw back; as, to turn the arguments of an opponent upon himself. -- To turn upside down, to confuse by putting things awry; to throw into disorder. This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died. Shak.
UNDERTURN v.
To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset. [Obs.] Wyclif.
UPSODOWN adv.
Upside down. [Obs. or Colloq.] Wyclif. In man's sin is every manner order or ordinance turned upsodown. Chaucer.
UPSYTURVY adv.
Upside down; topsy-turvy. [Obs.] Robert Greene.
WIPE v.
e thy face. Shak. I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. 2 Kings xxi. 13.