invert
noun
Definitions
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.
The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
verb
Definitions
To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
Example: 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.
To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
adjective
Definitions
Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
Example: invert sugar