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English verb: turn up | |||
| 1. | turn up (change) appear or become visible; make a showing | ||
| Samples | She turned up at the funeral. I hope the list key is going to surface again. | ||
| Synonyms | come on, come out, show up, surface | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear | ||
| 2. | turn up (contact) bend or lay so that one part covers the other | ||
| Samples | Fold up the newspaper. Turn up your collar. | ||
| Synonyms | fold, fold up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change surface | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | collapse, corrugate, crease, crease, crimp, crinkle, crisp, cross, furrow, pinch, pleat, pleat, plicate, ruckle, ruffle, scrunch, scrunch up, tuck, wrinkle, wrinkle | ||
| Antonyms | spread, unfold, open, spread out | ||
| 3. | turn up (possession) discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining | ||
| Samples | Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?. My search turned up nothing. | ||
| Synonyms | locate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | find, regain | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | nail, pinpoint, unearth | ||
| Verb group | dig up, excavate, turn up | ||
| 4. | turn up (stative) be shown or be found to be | ||
| Samples | She proved to be right. The medicine turned out to save her life. She turned up HIV positive. | ||
| Synonyms | prove, turn out | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s Adjective. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE. It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ensue, result | ||
| 5. | turn up (contact) find by digging in the ground | ||
| Samples | I dug up an old box in the garden. | ||
| Synonyms | dig up, excavate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | obtain | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | disinter, exhume, grub out, grub up, nuzzle | ||
| Verb group | locate, turn up | ||
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