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underturning

underturning is the present participle and gerund of underturn.

Meaning of underturn

Verb

underturn (third-person singular simple present underturns, present participle underturning, simple past and past participle underturned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To turn upside down; subvert; upset.

Questions about underturning

What is underturning the present participle and gerund of?
Underturning is the present participle and gerund of underturn.

Words near underturning in the dictionary

  1. undertunes
  2. undertunic
  3. undertunics
  4. underturn
  5. underturned
  6. underturning
  7. underturnkey
  8. underturnkeys
  9. underturns
  10. undertutor
  11. undertutors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underturning (page history and authors); underturn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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