turn up

1. 1.

   appear or become visible; make a showing

   “She turned up at the funeral”

   “I hope the list key is going to surface again”

   Synonymscome oncome outsurfaceshow up

   Broaderappear
2. 2.

   bend or lay so that one part covers the other

   “fold up the newspaper”

   “turn up your collar”

   Synonymsfoldfold up

   Broaderchange surface

   Narrowerpleatfurrowwrinklecorrugateruffletuckcrimpcrosscollapse
3. 3.

   discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

   “Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?”

   “My search turned up nothing”

   Synonymslocate

   Broaderfind

   Narrowerunearthpinpoint
4. 4.

   be shown or be found to be

   “She proved to be right”

   “The medicine turned out to save her life”

   “She turned up HIV positive”

   Synonymsproveturn out

   Broaderbe

   Narrowerresult
5. 5.

   find by digging in the ground

   “I dug up an old box in the garden”

   Synonymsexcavatedig up

   Broaderobtain

   Narrowergrub upnuzzledisinter

Questions about turn up

What does turn up mean?

turn up means "appear or become visible; make a showing". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for turn up?

Close synonyms include come on, come out, surface, show up, fold. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is turn up a common word?

turn up is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.