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upturn
[ verb uhp-turn, uhp-turn; noun uhp-turn ]
verb (used with object)
- to turn up or over:
The farmer upturned clumps of sod with his spade.
- to cause disorder; upheave:
The storm upturned the town.
- to direct or turn upward:
She upturned her face toward heaven and prayed.
verb (used without object)
- to turn up or upward:
Her eyes upturned to see his face.
noun
- chaos or extreme disorder, as in society; an upheaval.
- an upward turn, or a changing and rising movement, as in prices or business.
upturn
verb
- to turn or cause to turn up, over, or upside down
- tr to create disorder
- tr to direct upwards
noun
- an upward turn, trend, or improvement
- an upheaval or commotion
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If your 11-year-old mocks you by making a cawing voice, upturn his dinner plate and mock his mocking voice.
But those most dramatically affected by the “amazing” upturn are people who write comic novels and blog for The Daily Beast.
He was just in time to catch the quick upturn of a passing face.
In the void Glancing, his tail upturn'd its venomous fork, With sting like scorpion's arm'd.
Straightway the winds upturn the main, and great seas rise; we are tossed asunder over the dreary gulf.
This was about twenty feet long, and ended in a little upturn so that a sled would shoot up with a jerk and come down with a bang.
There a slant upturn of tight-drawn lids revealed the quintessence of priestly cruelty.
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