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upturn

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up⋅turn

  [v. uhp-turn, uhp-turn; n. uhp-turn]
Use upturn in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to turn up or over: The farmer upturned clumps of sod with his spade.
2. to cause disorder; upheave: The storm upturned the town.
3. to direct or turn upward: She upturned her face toward heaven and prayed.
–verb (used without object)
4. to turn up or upward: Her eyes upturned to see his face.
–noun
5. chaos or extreme disorder, as in society; an upheaval.
6. an upward turn, or a changing and rising movement, as in prices or business.
Origin:
1300–50; ME: to overturn; see up-, turn
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up·turn   (ŭp'tûrn', ŭp-tûrn')   
v.   up·turned, up·turn·ing, up·turns

v.   tr.

  1. To turn up or over: upturn the soil.

  2. To upset; overturn.

  3. To direct upward: upturned their gaze.

v.   intr.
To turn over or up.
n.   (ŭp'tûrn')
An upward movement, curve, or trend, as in business activity.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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