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invert

noun
  1. A homosexual.

  2. An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *

  3. 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.

verb
  1. 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."

  2. To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.

  3. To undergo inversion, as sugar.

adjective
  1. Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.

    "invert sugar"

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