noun
Meaning 1
An act of turning inside out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eversion
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noun
Meaning 2
The state of being turned inside out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The condition of being turned outward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
the act of turning inside out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inversion, everting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: motion, movement, move, motility
noun
Meaning 5
the position of being turned outward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the eversion of the foot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, posture, attitude
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: обръщане наопаки (obrǎštane naopaki) — an act of turning inside out
- Catalan: eversió — an act of turning inside out
- Icelandic: úthverfing — an act of turning inside out
- Icelandic: umsnúningur — an act of turning inside out
- Catalan: eversió — the state of being turned inside out
- Icelandic: úthverfing — the state of being turned inside out
- Icelandic: umsnúningur — the state of being turned inside out
- Catalan: eversió — medicine: the condition of being turned outward
- French: éversion — medicine: the condition of being turned outward
- Icelandic: úthverfing — medicine: the condition of being turned outward
- Spanish: eversión — medicine: the condition of being turned outward