Hypertext Webster Gateway: "upset"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Upset \Up*set"\, v. t. (Basketwork)
To turn upwards the outer ends of (stakes) so as to make a
foundation for the side of a basket or the like; also, to
form (the side) in this manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Upset \Up*set"\, v. t.
1. To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] ``With sail on mast
upset.'' --R. of Brunne.
2.
(a) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by
hammering on the end.
(b) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting,
originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a
carriage; to upset an argument. ``Determined somehow to
upset the situation.'' --Mrs. Humphry Ward.
4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves
of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Upset \Up*set"\, v. i.
To become upset.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Upset \Up"set`\, a.
Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the
phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the
minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an
auction, the price at which property is set up or started by
the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be
sold.
After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset
price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. --Sir W.
Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Upset \Up"set`\, n.
The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an
overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
upset
adj 1: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or
grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many
disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's
leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried
parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check
of the sleeping children" [syn: {disquieted}, {distressed},
{disturbed}, {worried}]
2: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops
fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on
the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything
so upset" [syn: {broken}, {confused}, {disordered}]
3: used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the
Bills' upset victory over the Houson Oilers" [syn: {upset(a)}]
4: mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"
5: having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the
bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk";
"sat on an upturned bucket" [syn: {overturned}, {upturned}]
n 1: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much
anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset
she caused me" [syn: {disturbance}, {perturbation}]
2: the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness
could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was
unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way
of living" [syn: {derangement}, {overthrow}]
3: condition in which there is a disturbance of normal
functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the
disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to
time" [syn: {disorder}]
4: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the
upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: {overturn}, {turnover}]
5: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset
since David beat Goliath" [syn: {overturn}]
v 1: disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks
upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
2: cause to lose one's composure [syn: {discompose}, {untune},
{disconcert}, {discomfit}]
3: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
[syn: {disturb}, {trouble}]
4: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The
cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer
turned over the vase" [syn: {overturn}, {tip over}, {turn
over}, {knock over}, {bowl over}]
5: form metals with a swage [syn: {swage}]
6: defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset
the local team"
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