Turn Up (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Excavate
• Dig Up

Hypernyms

• Obtain

Hyponyms

• Grub Out
• Nuzzle
• Grub Up
• Disinter
• Exhume

Meaning ²

Bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Fold Up
• Fold

Hypernyms

• Change Surface

Hyponyms

• Cross
• Crinkle
• Crisp
• Scrunch Up
• Collapse
• Ruckle
• Corrugate
• Pleat
• Tuck
• Pinch
• Wrinkle
• Furrow
• Scrunch
• Crimp
• Plicate
• Ruffle

Related Words

• Turnup (noun)

Meaning ³

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".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

• Prove
• Turn Out

Hypernyms

• Be

Hyponyms

• Result
• Ensue

Meaning ⁴

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".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

• Locate

Hypernyms

• Find

Hyponyms

• Unearth
• Pinpoint

Meaning ⁵

Appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Come On
• Surface
• Come Out
• Show Up

Hypernyms

• Appear