"turn upside down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: turns upside down [present, singular, third-person], turning upside down [participle, present], turned upside down [participle, past], turned upside down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=turn upside down}} turn upside down (third-person singular simple present turns upside down, present participle turning upside down, simple past and past participle turned upside down)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To flip over; to rotate top to bottom. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: flip over, turn over, turn upside-down Translations (to rotate top to bottom): جَعَلَ عَالِيَ الشَّيْءِ سَافِلَهُ (jaʕala ʕāliya š-šayʔi sāfilahu) (Arabic), قَلَبَ (qalaba) (Arabic), كَفَأَ (kafaʔa) (Arabic), renverser (French), envorcar (Galician), voltear (Galician), umdrehen (German), felfordít (Hungarian), 뒤집어엎다 (dwijibeo'eopda) (Korean), 엎다 (eopda) (Korean), invertō (Latin), ukausa (Ngazidja Comorian), dar la vuelta (Spanish), girar (Spanish), voltear (Spanish), trabucar (english: negatively) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-turn_upside_down-en-verb-ZCTGkZo~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 20 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 16 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 71 13 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 16 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 71 13 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 14 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 68 13 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 71 13 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 72 14 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations: 70 15 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 75 13 12 Disambiguation of 'to rotate top to bottom': 96 2 2
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To thoroughly examine. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to thoroughly examine): felforgat (Hungarian), tűvé tesz (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-turn_upside_down-en-verb-mpNTobMs Disambiguation of 'to thoroughly examine': 3 96 1
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To alter (something) significantly, often in a negative way. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to alter significantly, often in a negative way): felforgat (Hungarian), feje tetejére állít (Hungarian), trabucar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-turn_upside_down-en-verb-0ffjoZ~W Disambiguation of 'to alter significantly, often in a negative way': 6 2 93
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