📖 Definitions of "Invert"
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A homosexual.
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An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *
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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.
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The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
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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."
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To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
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To undergo inversion, as sugar.
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To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
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Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
"invert sugar"
🔄 Synonyms of "Invert"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| reversenoun | Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Invert"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| reversenoun | Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction. |
| reversed | Turned or changed to the contrary; inside out. |
| reversalnoun | A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems. |
| revertverb | One who, or that which, reverts. |
| expendverb | (transitive) To consume, exhaust (some resource). |
| spendverb | (ambitransitive) To pay out (money). |
| write-offnoun | (accounting) The cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost. |
| investverb | To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. |
| investmentnoun | (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation. |
| rifflenoun | A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water. |
| raftnoun | A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform. |
| turn aboutverb | (transitive) To change or reverse the position of. |
| transposenoun | (linear algebra) The process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators. |
| intervertverb | (formal, transitive) To turn to another course or use. |
| inturnnoun | The act or process of turning in. |
| turn roundverb | (intransitive) To turn so as to be facing in the opposite direction. |
| turnnoun | A change of direction or orientation. |
| returnnoun | The act of returning. |
| convertnoun | A person who has converted to a religion. |
| transvertverb | (obsolete, transitive) To cause to turn across; to transverse. |
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