upturnedadj.
/ˌʌpˈtəːnd/, U.S. /ˌəpˈtərnd/, /ˈəpˌtərnd/ 1. Turned or directed upwards:
a. Of the eye, face, etc.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [adjective] > head, face, or eyes
back-flunga1586
casta1586
demiss1586
upturned1597
demissive1630
unaverted1753
unuplifted1814
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 71 The white vpturned woondring eyes, Of mortals that fall backe to gaze on him. View more context for this quotation
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 30 The thousand up-turned faces of the gazing crowd.
1835 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) I. 213 How strange looked the upturned faces..in that glare!
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. ii. 11 With upturned awestruck eye.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. Proem 16 Upturned living faces, and lips moving to the old prayers for help.
b. In general use.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having upward direction
upwarda1616
ascentive1627
looking up1649
upturned1839
uppish1862
up1869
1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall v. 140 It may..even rest upon the edges of upturned strata.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind 48 The upturned hands seem to expect some desired object to be thrown down.
2. Turned upside-down; inverted, overturned, capsized; turned up by digging, etc.
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the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adjective]
enversed?1440
inverse?1440
turned1513
overturned1561
inversed1592
inverted1598
topsy-turvy1618
downside up1683
headlong1713
upturned1816
Antipodean1853
upside down1866
society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [adjective] > capsized
capsized1882
upturned1895
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > capsized or upset
overseteOE
overwhelmed1440
subverted1544
overturned1561
overthrown1579
overcast1688
upset1842
capsized1882
upturned1895
1816 W. Wordsworth Ode, 1815 31 The upturned soil receives the hopeful seed.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. iv. 102 You knelt on the floor, with..your upturned box before you.
1895 Daily News 14 May 2/5 The body of a young man had been found, together with an upturned canoe.
3. Turned upwards at the point, extremity, or end; curved.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > upwards
turned-up1621
resimated1681
turn-up1685
upturning1769
retroussé1802
kipper1822
upturned1843
upcurved1870
upswept1960
1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. iv. 66 Solomon in pointed upturned shoes.
1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 73/2 A fine and some~what up-turned muzzle.
1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. iv. 571 The nose..broad at the root, and upturned.
1885 J. E. Taylor Our Common Brit. Fossils 225 A perforation in the upturned beak.
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