turn up meaning and definition

TURN UP verb

Definition of turn up (verb)

1. appear or become visible; make a showing
   • "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"
   • synonyms: come on, come out, show up, surface
2. bend or lay so that one part covers the other
   • "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
   • synonyms: fold, fold up
   • antonym: open
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"
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: prove, turn out
5. find by digging in the ground
   • "I dug up an old box in the garden"
   • synonyms: dig up, excavate