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unturning

unturning is the present participle and gerund of unturn.

Meaning of unturn

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

Questions about unturning

What is unturning the present participle and gerund of?
Unturning is the present participle and gerund of unturn.

Words near unturning in the dictionary

  1. unturkey
  2. unturkeys
  3. unturn
  4. unturnable
  5. unturned
  6. unturning
  7. unturnoffable
  8. unturns
  9. unturpentined
  10. unturreted
  11. unturtlelike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unturning (page history and authors); unturn (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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