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up-ending

up-ending is the present participle and gerund of up-end.

Meaning of up-end

Verb

up-end (third-person singular simple present up-ends, present participle up-ending, simple past and past participle up-ended)

  1. To turn (something) upside down, to invert (something).
    • We see his shoulders strain as he up-ends the coffin and slides it single-handed from the saw-horses.1981, Horst Ruthrof, The Reader's Construction of Narrative, →ISBN, page 167

Questions about up-ending

What is up-ending the present participle and gerund of?
Up-ending is the present participle and gerund of up-end.

Words near up-ending in the dictionary

  1. up-dating
  2. up-do
  3. up-dos
  4. up-end
  5. up-ended
  6. up-ending
  7. up-ends
  8. up-front
  9. up-front money
  10. up-frontness
  11. up-gaze

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