Upside
['ʌpsaɪd]
Definition
(n.) The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
Typist: Virginia
Definition
n. the upper side.—adv. on the upper side.—adv. Up′side-down with the upper part undermost: in complete confusion.—Be upsides with (coll.) to be even with to be revenged upon.
Edited by Katy
Examples
- I did the same; and if I had turned myself upside down before drinking, the wine could not have gone more direct to my head. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They have dug a hole, and they have found things like flowerpots upside down, Mis'ess Yeobright; and inside these be real charnel bones. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But, gradually his arm reverted home to him, and his glass was lowered and lowered until he rested it upside down upon the table. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I said he might, and he shook hands with me again, and emptied his glass and turned it upside down. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Because, said she, stopping to put the little girl, who had managed to get herself upside down, right end up again, because I do. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The man, after looking at me for a moment, turned me upside down, and emptied my pockets. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In the smooth water of the pool the fire appeared upside down. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Now,' said Sam, 'drink that up, ev'ry drop on it, and then turn the pot upside down, to let me see as you've took the medicine. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He told Master Hans about this, and the optician fixed two lenses in a tube, and looking at the weathercock on a neighboring steeple saw that it seemed much nearer and to be upside down. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is true that we do not see things upside down, but this is because of mental readjustment during the passage of the impressions from the eye to the brain. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The old man's eye resting on the empty bottle, he takes it up, examines it, and slowly tilts it upside down. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If his nose had been upside-down, he would have made that respectable. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He did not turn me upside down this time to get at what I had, but left me right side upwards while I opened the bundle and emptied my pockets. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mr. Laurie is as full of didoes as usual, and turns the house upside down frequent, but he heartens the girls, so I let em hev full swing. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The cursed Moonstone had turned us all upside down. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And there were few in these parts that were upsides with him, said Sam. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Editor: Manuel