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- Hungry Joe's inverted set of responses was a curious phenomenon to everyone but Hungry Joe, who denied the whole thing stubbornly.†
Chpt 6 *inverted = turned in the opposite position -- such as upside down, inside out, or (of two things) in switched position
- The stove Orr was manufacturing out of an inverted metal drum stood in the middle of the smooth cement floor he had constructed.†
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Definitions:
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(invert) to turn something upside down, inside out, or reverse its position, order, or meaning
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Invert can also be used in specialized senses in music, logic, mathematics, chemistry and other areas. See the related Wikipedia article for discussions in different specialties.