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unturn

unturn verb: to turn in a reverse way, especially so as to open something.

Verb

unturn (third-person singular simple present unturns, present participle unturning, simple past and past participle unturned)

  1. To turn in a reverse way, especially so as to open something.
    • to unturn a key
    • Think you he nought but prison walls did see,
      Till, so unwilling, thou unturn'dst the key ?1817, John Keats, Sonnet written on the day that Mr. Leigh Hunt left Prison

Forms of unturn

third-person singular presentunturns
present participleunturning
past participleunturned
pastunturned

Origin of unturn

From un- + turn.

Questions about unturn

What does unturn mean?
Unturn means to turn in a reverse way, especially so as to open something.
What part of speech is unturn?
Unturn is a verb.
What is the past tense of unturn?
The past tense of unturn is unturned.

Words near unturn in the dictionary

  1. unturfing
  2. unturfs
  3. unturgid
  4. unturkey
  5. unturkeys
  6. unturn
  7. unturnable
  8. unturned
  9. unturning
  10. unturnoffable
  11. unturns

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