invert

UK /ɪnˈvɜːt/ US /ɪnˈvɜːt/
noun 6verb 5adj 1

Definitions

verb

1

To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

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.

2

To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.

3

To undergo inversion, as sugar.

4

To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

[H]e had miſgouerned the ſtate, inuerted his treaſures to his owne priuat […]

5

To turn (the foot) inwards.

noun

1

An inverted arch (as in a sewer).

2

The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.

3

The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.

4

An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.

5

A skateboarding and snowboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.

adj

1

Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.

invert sugar

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