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EVERTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does everting mean? 

EVERTING (noun)
  The noun EVERTING has 1 sense:

1. the act of turning inside outplay

  Familiarity information: EVERTING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EVERTING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of turning inside out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

eversion; everting; inversion

Hypernyms ("everting" is a kind of...):

motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)

Derivation:

evert (turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward)


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"Nothing ventured, nothing gained." (Corsican proverb)



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