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inturn

inturn verb: to turn in or inward.

Verb

inturn (third-person singular simple present inturns, present participle inturning, simple past and past participle inturned)

  1. (transitive) To turn in or inward.
    • A machine of the class described, comprising in combination with a suitably-actuated needle, a driving-shaft, means actuated from said shaft for carrying two or more plies of material through the machine, and similarly-actuated means working alternately with the needle to inturn the edges of said...1904, United States Patent Office, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Noun

inturn (plural inturns)

  1. The act or process of turning in.
  2. A move where the wrestler puts his thigh between the tights of his opponent, and lifts him up.

Forms of inturn

Verb
third-person singular presentinturns
present participleinturning
past participleinturned
pastinturned
Noun
pluralinturns

Origin of inturn

From Middle English inturnen, equivalent to in- + turn.

From Middle English inturn, intorn, equivalent to in- + turn.

Words formed from inturn

Questions about inturn

What does inturn mean?
Inturn means to turn in or inward.
What part of speech is inturn?
Inturn can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of inturn?
The past tense of inturn is inturned.

Words near inturn in the dictionary

  1. inturbidated
  2. inturbidates
  3. inturbidating
  4. inturgescence
  5. inturgescences
  6. inturn
  7. inturned
  8. inturning
  9. inturns
  10. Intusan
  11. intuse

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