evert
/ɪˈvɜːt/US/iˈvɝt/
evert verb: to turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
Verb
evert (third-person singular simple present everts, present participle everting, simple past and past participle everted)
- To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
- But if the conjunctiva be not diseased or very firmly united to the tumour, we had better operate without everting the eyelid, and this is possible without leaving an observable scar on the eyelid.1809, Charles Bell, “Of Tumours of the Eyelid”, in A System of Operative Surgery, Founded on the Basis of Anatomy, volume II, London: Printed [by C. Stower] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […]...
- The brachial artery may be exposed and tied in any part of its course, the border of the biceps and coraco-brachialis serving as a guide to its situation. When the arm is drawn away from the side, and slightly everted, the hand being supinated, the seat of the operation is fairly brought into view.1837, Jones Quain, “Fasciæ”, in Elements of Anatomy, 4th revised and enlarged edition, London: Printed for Taylor and Walton, […], →OCLC, paragraph 656, page 539
- To move (someone or something) out of the way.
- To turn upside down; to overturn.
- [A]s to the confession contained in the act of court, the same being only subscribed by the alleged court clerk, and not by the party, or a notary for him, cannot be of force to derogate to his prior right, which cannot be taken away, but either by oath of party, or as great a solemnity in writ, as...1632 January 27, William Maxwell Morison, “Removing. [Earl of Lauderdale against ——.]”, in The Decisions of the Court of Session, from Its Institution until the Separation of the Court into Two...
- [E]very Ray ſtreaming out of a viſible point, is propagated in a direct line; ſo that the Object is everted, if the Rays do not ſuffer an Interſection, either before or behind the hole, which would not happen, if the Rays were not carried in right Lines, but refracted; [...]1685, Samuel Collins, “Of Seeing”, in [A System of Anatomy, Treating of the Body of Man, Beasts, Birds, Fish, Insects, and Plants: […]] The Second Volume, Containing the Parts of the Middle and...
- To disrupt; to overthrow.
- And incaſe his Majeſtie or his Commiſſioner be not preſent for the time in the town where the Aſsembly is holden, it ſhall be leaſome to the ſaid generall Aſsembly by themſelves to appoint the time and place of the next. But this declaration not only leaves all indefinit, but totally everts that...1638 December 28, The Protestation of the Generall Assembly of the Kirke of Scotland, and of the Noblemen, Barrons, Gentlemen, Borrowes, Ministers and Commons; Subscribers of the Covenant Lately...
- That is not to be admitted which overturneth the order eſtabliſhed by Chriſt of commanding, and obeying, and which everteth the integrall members and parts of a viſible politike miniſteriall body of Chriſt, but to give the power of the keyes to all, and every one, overturneth this order of Chriſts...1642, Samuell Rutherfurd [i.e., Samuel Rutherford], “Whether the Power of the Keyes of the Kingdome of Christ, be Conferred, upon the Multitude of Believers, as upon the First and Proper Subject, or...
Proper noun capitalized: Evert
Evert (plural Everts)
- A surname.
evert meaning in Tamil
evert in Tamil
- உள்வெளிப் புரட்டல், புரட்டல்
Examples of evert in a sentence
- One of the chief causes of flat foot is the natural defect of improper alignment of the leg and the foot, with the result that both muscle action and gravity act to evert and depress the foot.1923 February, Herman W. Marshall, quoting E. A. Cayo, “A Compilation of Current Notions on Feet”, in Journal of the National Association...
- The older writers, like ourselves, were of course fascinated by the spectacle of a tiny fungus everting its inner peridium with lightning-like rapidity and casting away its ball of spores.1958, A[rthur] H[enry] Reginald Buller, “The Sphaerobolus Gun and Its Range”, in Researches on Fungi, volumes V (Hyphal Fusions and...
- In addition to functioning as a dorsiflexor of the foot, the extensor digitorum longus also everts the foot and extends the toes.2016, Kevin T. Patton, Gary A. Thibodeau, “Appendicular Muscles”, in Anatomy & Physiology, 9th edition, St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier, →ISBN...
- [E]ven these would be infinitely disordered to find the economy of their apartments deranged by an unlucky kitten, almost faint at a broken pane, and be absolutely taken ill of an everted coal-box.1786 November 20, “Mr. Frere”, “[The Microcosm.] No. 3. Monday, November 20, 1786.”, in Rob[er]t Lynam, The British Essayists; with...
Forms of evert
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | everts |
| present participle | everting |
| past participle | everted |
| past | everted |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Everts |
Origin of evert
From Late Latin ēvertere (“to turn (an item of clothing) inside out”), Latin ēvertere, present active infinitive of ēvertō (“to turn upside down; to overturn; to reverse”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’)) + vertō (“to reverse; to revolve, turn; to turn around”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).
Borrowed from Dutch and North German Evert.
Words formed from evert
Questions about evert
- What does evert mean?
- Evert means to turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
- What is evert in Tamil?
- Evert in Tamil is உள்வெளிப் புரட்டல், புரட்டல். See Evert meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use evert in a sentence?
- One of the chief causes of flat foot is the natural defect of improper alignment of the leg and the foot, with the result that both muscle action and gravity act to evert and depress the foot.
- What part of speech is evert?
- Evert can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce evert?
- Evert is pronounced /ɪˈvɜːt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of evert?
- The past tense of evert is everted.
Words near evert in the dictionary
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