Invert

  • 41invert — see VERSE …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42invert — in·vert || ɪn vÉœrt / vɜːt n. turning over; homosexual; reversal, reversed colors on a screen (Computers) v. reverse; reverse order; turn upside down; turn inside out adj. reverse, turned around, turned upside down …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 43invert —    a male homosexual    Figuratively, turned upside down, as seen from a heterosexual s point of view:     We don t call anyone a queer, homo, pouf, nancy or faggot. What in hell do you call them? ... Inverts. (Bogarde, 1978)    Whence inverted,… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 44invert —    To turn inside out or upside down. Or, to reverse the position, order, or condition of something, as when making what is black white, and what is white black …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 45invert — invert1 verb ɪn və:t 1》 put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement. 2》 Music modify (a phrase) by reversing the direction of pitch changes.     ↘alter (an interval or chord) by changing the relative position of the notes… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 46invert — v. a. 1. Turn upside down. 2. Reverse, place in contrary order …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 47invert — verb (T) formal to put something in the opposite position to the one it was in before, especially by turning it upside down …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48invert — verb the crew inverted the mast Syn: turn upside down, upend, upturn, turn around/about, turn inside out, turn back to front, transpose, reverse, flip (over) …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 49invert — v 1. reverse, interchange, transpose, put the cart before the horse; back, turn back, retrovert, retro flex, turn about, turn the tables; turn around, wheel around, veer around, supinate, pronate 2. introvert, turn inside out, evert, fold,… …

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  • 50invert — in·vert …

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