Definition of upset

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Upset (a.) 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..

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Invert :: Invert (v. t.) To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc..
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To set up; to put upright.
Capsize :: Capsize (v. t. & i.) To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body..
Upset :: Upset (n.) The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset..
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends..
Overset :: Overset (n.) An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage..
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end..
Outrigger :: Outrigger (n.) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end..
Cranky :: Cranky (a.) Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.
Jump :: Jump (v. t.) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
Turnover :: Turnover (n.) The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage..
Upset :: Upset (v. i.) To become upset.
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument..
Upcast :: Upcast (n.) An upset, as from a carriage..
Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building..
Overset :: Overset (v. i.) To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset..
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her..
Upset :: Upset (a.) 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..
Underturn :: Underturn (v. t.) To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset.
Upsetting :: Upsetting (a.) Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow..
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