English to English
verb
- appear or become visible; make a showing
She turned up at the funeral.
I hope the list key is going to surface again.
source: WordNet 3.0
- bend or lay so that one part covers the other
Fold up the newspaper.
Turn up your collar.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- find by digging in the ground
I dug up an old box in the garden.
source: WordNet 3.0
