invert

The definition of invert is to turn something upside down or to put something into the opposite direction.

(verb)

When you turn a cake upside down, this is an example of a situation where you invert.

See invert in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to turn upside down
to change to the direct opposite; reverse the order, position, direction, etc. of
to subject to inversion (in various senses)
Math. to divide 1 by (a given quantity)

Origin: L invertere < in-, in, to, toward + vertere, to turn: see verse

adjective

Chem. inverted: invert sugar

noun

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See invert in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb in·vert·ed, in·vert·ing, in·verts

verb, transitive

To turn inside out or upside down: invert an hourglass.
To reverse the position, order, or condition of: invert the subject and predicate of a sentence.
To subject to inversion. See Synonyms at reverse.

verb, intransitive

To be subjected to inversion.

noun (ĭnˈvûrtˌ)

Something inverted.
Psychology
a. One who takes on the gender role of the opposite sex.
b. In the theory of Sigmund Freud, a homosexual person. No longer in scientific use.

Origin:

Origin: Latin invertere

Origin: : in-, in; see in-²

Origin: + vertere, to turn; see wer-² in Indo-European roots

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