unturn

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verb

To turn in a reverse way, especially so as to open something.

“to unturn a key”

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Meanings

verbunturn (third-person singular simple present unturns, present participle unturning, simple past and past participle unturned)

present singular third person unturns · participle present unturning · participle past unturned · past unturned

  1. To turn in a reverse way, especially so as to open something.

    to unturn a key

    1 more example

    Think you he nought but prison walls did see, Till, so unwilling, thou unturn'dst the key ?

    1817, John Keats, Sonnet written on the day that Mr. Leigh Hunt left Prison

Origin

From un- + turn.

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APA

unturn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unturn

MLA

“unturn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unturn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unturn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unturn.

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