I. | ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb
Etymology: up (I) + turn
transitive verb
1.
a. : to turn up : turn upside down : overturn
his plate had been upturned — Marguerite Young
b. : to throw into great disorder : upheave
a treeless volcanic upturned region — A.W.Greely
2. : to direct upward
upturned his nostril — John Milton
intransitive verb
: to turn upward
II. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : extreme disorder (as of society) : convulsion , upheaval
a truth about violent social upturn — Richard Watts
2. : an upturned part
3. : an upward turn especially toward better conditions or higher prices
an upturn in the economy — Wall Street Journal
a gradual upturn in living standards — B.M.Jones
the exceptional upturn of strikes — A.E.Rees