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EVERSION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of turning inside out

Synonyms:

eversion; everting; inversion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("eversion" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The position of being turned outward

Example:

the eversion of the foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

attitude; position; posture (the arrangement of the body and its limbs)

Derivation:

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

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