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Turn up has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

Alternative spelling of turn-up

Verb
1

appear or become visible; make a showing

"She turned up at the funeral"

"I hope the list key is going to surface again"

2

bend or lay so that one part covers the other

"fold up the newspaper"

"turn up your collar"

3

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"

4

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"

5

find by digging in the ground

"I dug up an old box in the garden"

6

To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.

Example Sentences
"She turned up at the funeral" verb
"I hope the list key is going to surface again" verb
"fold up the newspaper" verb
"turn up your collar" verb
"Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?" verb
"My search turned up nothing" verb
"She proved to be right" verb
"The medicine turned out to save her life" verb
"She turned up HIV positive" verb
"I dug up an old box in the garden" verb
See Also
light party volume fight show up heat turning up pitch up
Related Terms
Antonyms
spread
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
appear change surface find be obtain
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
pleat furrow wrinkle corrugate ruffle tuck crimp cross collapse unearth pinpoint result grub up nuzzle disinter
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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