aisiompaigh — meaning in English

English meaning

• invert verb To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of it.
• reverse adj Opposite in position, direction, or order.

Senses

aisiompaigh is used for these senses in English:

• invert (transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
• reverse (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.

invert — full definition

1. verb To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of it.
2. verb To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
3. verb To undergo inversion, as sugar.
4. verb To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

reverse — full definition

1. adj Opposite in position, direction, or order.
2. noun The opposite of something; the other side.
3. noun The gear that makes a vehicle travel backward.
4. verb To move backward, or to turn something to face the opposite way.

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