EGAVE

invert

About 0.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of itself.
    to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
  2. verb To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
  3. verb To undergo inversion, as sugar.
  4. verb To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
  5. verb To turn (the foot) inwards.
  6. noun An inverted arch (as in a sewer).
  7. noun 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.
  8. noun The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.

Similar words

reverse reversed reversal revert expend spend write-off invest investment riffle

Often followed by

the sugar it and a this of to onto

Word family

inverted inverting inverts

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