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UPSETS
Noun
upsets
plural of upset
Verb
upsets
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upset
Anagrams
• set-ups, sets up, setups, steups, stupes
Source: Wiktionary
UPSET
Up*set", v. t.
1. To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] "With sail on mast upset." R. of Brunne.
2. (a) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end. (b) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument. "Determined somehow to upset the situation." Mrs. Humphry Ward.
4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.]
Up*set", v. i.
Definition: To become upset.
Up"set`, a.
Definition: Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold. After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. Sir W. Scott.
Up"set`, n.
Definition: The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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