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EVERSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of turning inside out
Synonyms:
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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