Definition of "upturned" []

• Turned over; inverted; capsized (adjective)
• Turned up at the end (adjective)
• Looking upwards, turned upwards (adjective)

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• "And even if the messenger were not curious about these subtleties, the duke would likely have pointed them out, jesting that the intarsists had absentmindedly left the bench below the portrait of Faith "upturned," hiding the third ermine."
• "The men who built barrels—one of the major industries of the early American economy—were normally paid for six days of work, but on Saturday they began drinking beer in the morning, then would “sit around upturned barrels playing poker,” and generally “lounged about” until they received their weekly pay."
• "I reach out, upturned palm, and catch empty answers that trickle through my fingers, reaching, always reaching."