Source : WordNet®
turn up
v 1: appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at
the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface
again" [syn: {come on}, {come out}, {surface}, {show up}]
2: bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the
newspaper"; "turn up your collar" [syn: {fold}, {fold up}]
[ant: {unfold}]
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" [syn: {locate}]
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" [syn: {prove}, {turn out}]
5: find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the
garden" [syn: {excavate}, {dig up}]