Meaning of invert | Babel Free

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1. An inverted arch (as in a sewer).
2. An invertebrate.
   informal
3. To be subjected to inversion.
4. The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.
5. To change to the opposite position, direction, or course:reverse, transpose, turn (about, around, over, or round).
   or
6. The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
7. to turn upside down or reverse the order of. omdraai, omkeer يَقْلِبُ رأسا على عَقب обръщам inverter obrátit umkehren vende op og ned på αναστρέφωinvertir pahupidi pöörama وارونه کردن؛ پس و پیش کردن kääntää inverser לַהֲפוֹך उलटा करना obrnuti megfordít membalikkan hvolfa; snúa við invertire 逆にする …의 위아래를 거꾸로 하다 apversti apgriezt; apgāzt; pārstatīt songsang omkerensnu opp ned på, speilvendeodwrócić په بل مخ كيدل، اړول inverter a inversa переворачивать; переставлять prevrátiť preobrniti obrnuti ...
8. An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
9. omdraaiing قَلْب، تِغيير ترتيب الجُمْلَه (пре) обръщане inversão převrácení; obrat die Umkehrung spejlvending; ombytning αναστροφήinversión pöördjärjestus وارونگی inversio inversion, renversementהפיכה उलटाव inverzija megfordítás pembalikan umsnúningur, viðsnúningur inversione 逆 반전 apvertimas apgriešana; apgāšana; inversija kesongsangan omkering det å snu om, speilvendingodwrócenie سرچپه يا په بل مخ inversão inversiune, răstur­nare инверсия prevrátenie inverzija inverzija inversion, omvändning...
10. A skateboarding and snowboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.
11. single or double commas, the first (set) of which is turned upside down (`` '', ` '), used in writing to show where direct speech begins and ends. ``It is a lovely day,'' she said. aanhalingstekens فَواصِل مَقْلوبَه кавички aspas uvozovky (horní) die Anführungszeichen anførselstegn εισαγωγικά comillas jutumärgid ویرگول وارونه؛ گیومه lainausmerkit guillemets מֵרכָאות उलटा अल्प विराम navodni znaci idézőjel(ek) koma terbalik gæsalappir, tilvitnunarmerki virgolette 引用符 인용 부호 kabutės pēdiņas lisu ...
12. A homosexual person, in terms of the sexual inversion theory.
    obsolete
13. To turn inside out or upside down: invert an hourglass.
14. Of a person, assumed to be transgender, in terms of transvestigation.
    Internet
15. To reverse the position, order, or condition of: invert the subject and predicate of a sentence. See Synonyms at reverse.
16. To subject to inversion.
17. Something inverted.
18. Psychology a. One who takes on the gender role of the opposite sex.
    Psychology

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“We can seldom, therefore, congratulate ourselves on the success of any "cure" of inversion. The success is unlikely to be either permanent or complete, in the case of a decided invert; and in the most successful cases we have simply put into the invert's hands a power of reproduction which it is undesirable he should possess.”

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