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upturned::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overturned, upset |
sat on an upturned bucket.
upturned::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | retrousse, tip-tilted |
a small upturned nose.
Examples of upturned
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Surely Oveckhin and Co. could get the tying goal, read a hundred upturned faces.
From the theatlantic.com
The bowl barrow gets its name from the fact that it looks like an upturned bowl.
From the en.wikipedia.org
An airpocket had caused the bow of their upturned boat to stay above the water.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The US Venice Biennale entry includes an upturned tank turned into a treadmill.
From the guardian.co.uk
Alternatively, a helper could hold the shoe on an upturned chair leg, or similar.
From the guardian.co.uk
I have started blanching some under an upturned bucket to get a truly tender stem.
From the guardian.co.uk
His barely upturned lips hint at a friendly smile, or is it a condescending smirk?
From the chron.com
But I think of us, and others like us, as a pocket of air in an upturned boat.
From the guardian.co.uk
There are upturned military vehicles, the officers'mess has been directly hit.
From the guardian.co.uk
- An upward movement or trend as in business activity
- (upturned) overturned: having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket"
- (1) A period of growth or rising economic activity, especially real GDP, but typically employment as well. (2) The transition of an economy from contraction to growth, also known as a trough of economic activity.
- The best possible return which could have been calculated during a given time interval. It is expressed as a percentage value.
