invert

noun

Meaning

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.
An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
A skateboarding 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.
Invertebrate

verb

Meaning

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.
To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
To turn (the foot) inwards.

adjective

Meaning