"upset" Definition

Definitions for the word "upset" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
To set up; to put upright.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To become upset.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
(-tt-; past and past part. Upset) 1 overturn. 2 disturb the composure or digestion of. 3 disrupt. n. 1 emotional or physical disturbance. 2 surprising result. adj. Disturbed (upset stomach).
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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