inverted

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English

Definitions

verb

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.”
To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
To undergo inversion, as sugar.
To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

adjective

Having the order or direction changed; for example turned upside down, reversed or in any other way opposite or contrary.
Homosexual.
(of a chord) Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher.
(of sugar) Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar.

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Synonyms

anatropous turned upside-down reversed returned expended spent disarmed invested overthrown spilled switched upturned overturned flipped upended

Associated

breve pendulum exclamation nipple coaster inline siphon inversion vee ddt gull struts

Rhymes

perverted diverted blurted asserted deserted concerted alerted reverted averted converted

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