unturn en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + turn.
Meanings
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To turn in a reverse way, especially so as to open something.
to unturn a key
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unturning | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unturned | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unturned | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unturns | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |