up-ends
up-ends is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)
- 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-ends
- What is up-ends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Up-ends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of up-end.
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