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turn up

/ turn up /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
"Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"
"My search turned up nothing"
Type of:
find regain
Kinds of:
unearth pinpoint nail
Derived:
localization localisation location locating fix
Verb group:
excavate dig up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
appear or become visible; make a showing
"She turned up at the funeral"
"I hope the list key is going to surface again"
Type of:
appear
Derived:
open surface
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
bend or lay so that one part covers the other
"fold up the newspaper"
"turn up your collar"
Opposites:
unfold spread spread out open
Type of:
change surface
Kinds of:
pleat plicate furrow wrinkle crease
Derived:
cuff turnup fold crease plication
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
find by digging in the ground
"I dug up an old box in the garden"
Type of:
obtain
Kinds of:
grub up grub out nuzzle disinter exhume
Derived:
dig excavation archeological site hole in the ground digging
Verb group:
locate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 5
be shown or be found to be
"She proved to be right"
"The medicine turned out to save her life"
"She turned up HIV positive"
Type of:
be
Kinds of:
result ensue
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Something is ----ing PP
Frame 34
Semantic Complexity
65%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
45
Times Searched
3
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find regain unearth pinpoint nail appear change surface pleat plicate furrow wrinkle crease