Upturn
['ʌptɜːn] or ['ʌptɝn]
Definition
(noun.) an upward movement or trend as in business activity.
Inputed by Joanna--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing.
Checker: Phelps
Definition
v.t. to turn up or upward: to throw up.—v.i. to turn up.—n. Uptur′ning the act of throwing up.
Checker: Shari
Examples
- 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. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He heard a rustling on his left hand, a cloaked figure with an upturned face appeared at the base of the Barrow, and Clym descended. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He wiped his mouth, wiping his upturned gray mustache carefully. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- A yet unconsumed pile of these lay in the inner angle of the bank; and from this corner the upturned face of a little boy greeted her eyes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I saw his face under the hat, upturned mustaches and blood coming down his cheek. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He lay upon his back, his face upturned, with his white teeth grinning through his short, black beard. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was a man of about fifty with an upturned mustache. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Edited by Dwight