upturned


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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.
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upturned

(ʌpˈtɜːnd)
adj
1. turned up at the end
2. directed upwards: her upturned face.
3. turned over or upside down: the upturned buckets.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.upturned - having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottomupturned - having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket"
turned - moved around an axis or center
2.upturned - (used of noses) turned up at the endupturned - (used of noses) turned up at the end; "a retrousse nose"; "a small upturned nose"
shapely - having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs"
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upturned

adjective
Turned over completely:
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Translations

upturned

[ˈʌptɜːnd] ADJ [box etc] → vuelto hacia arriba; [nose] → respingón
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

upturned

[ʌpˈtɜːrnd] adj [nose] → retroussé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

upturned

adj boat, bucket, table, box etcumgedreht; facenach oben gewandt; eyesnach oben gerichtet; collaraufgeschlagen; upturned noseStupsnase f, → Himmelfahrtsnase f (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

upturned

[ʌpˈtɜːnd] adj (box) → capovolto/a, rovesciato/a; (nose) → all'insù
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
On the sidewalk at the corner of the house Policeman Cleary was standing with one ear upturned, listening to the crash of household utensils.
Great warm splashes of rain fell on our upturned faces.
She had noted this and that nearly always they were stooped low over their work, the hideous eyes bent upon the upturned soil.
The cudgel was swinging in the arc which ended upon my upturned face when a bolt of myriad-legged horror hurled itself through the doorway full upon the breast of my executioner.
Glinda leaned forward and kissed the sweet, upturned face of the loving little girl.
There, almost at our feet, lay the dead body of a man, the face upturned and white in the moonlight!
If the seaman loosens one knot, then he has a good wind; if a second, then it blows pretty stiffly; if he undoes the third and fourth, then it rages so that the forests are upturned. Will you give the little maiden a potion, that she may possess the strength of twelve men, and vanquish the Snow Queen?"
Again, a minute bit of bark has been upturned by the scraping hand, and the direction of the break indicates the direction of the passage.
Then the blazing eye swept onward across the burnished domes and graceful minarets, down into court and park and garden to pause at last upon the ersite bench and the girl standing there beside it, her face upturned full toward the flier.
I became aware of him as a seated figure in soot-smudged shirt sleeves, and with his upturned, clean- shaven face staring at a faint flickering that danced over the sky.
Her dress, which was that of the women of Epirus, consisted of a pair of white satin trousers, embroidered with pink roses, displaying feet so exquisitely formed and so delicately fair, that they might well have been taken for Parian marble, had not the eye been undeceived by their movements as they constantly shifted in and out of a pair of little slippers with upturned toes, beautifully ornamented with gold and pearls.
"Now El Emanu!" slowly and with upturned eyes ejaculated the trio, as, letting go their hold, the emancipated porker tumbled headlong among the Philistines, "El Emanu!-God be with us it is the unutterable flesh!"