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everted

everted adjective: turned inside out. Also the simple past and past participle of evert.

Adjective

everted (not comparable)

  1. turned inside out
    • The nose was wide without being particularly negroid. The nostrils did not gape at you. The lips were only slightly everted, but thick and dark.1954, Ian Fleming, “Mister Big”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 64

Also used as

everted is also the simple past and past participle of evert.

Questions about everted

What does everted mean?
Everted means turned inside out.
What part of speech is everted?
Everted is an adjective.

Words near everted in the dictionary

  1. evert
  2. evertebral
  3. evertebrate
  4. evertebrated
  5. evertebrates
  6. everted
  7. evertest
  8. everteth
  9. everthang
  10. Everthorne
  11. evertible

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