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Upturning

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A turning upward.

    "He suffered from frequent 'micro-crises' — upturnings of the eyeballs, associated with transient inability to move or respond; these lasted a few seconds only, and occurred dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of times a day."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of upturn form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From upturn + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English upturnynge, equivalent to upturn + -ing and/or up- + turning.

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