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Entry 8 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Upset

/ŭpʹsĕtʹ/ · Up·set · IPA /ʌpˈsɛt/
01 v. t. To set up; to put upright.
  1. 1.
    To set up; to put upright.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
  3. 3.
    To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument.
  4. 4.
    To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.[Colloq.]
  5. 5.
    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.(Basketwork)
02 v. i. To become upset.
  1. 1.
    To become upset.
03 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 off…
  1. 1.
    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.
04 n. The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
  1. 1.
    The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.