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invert
A homosexual.
An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *
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.
To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
"to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc."
To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
To undergo inversion, as sugar.
Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
"invert sugar"
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