MEANING
To turn outward or turn a structure inside out.
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Words that belong together
- evert a membrane
- an everted surface
On the page
The membrane everted as the pressure changed.
The examiner distinguished the everted edge from the torn section.
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Word forms
- Base
- evert
- Past tense
- everted
- Past participle
- everted
- Present participle
- everting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- evert
- Present continuous
- am/is/are everting
- Present perfect
- have/has everted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been everting
- Past
- everted
- Past continuous
- was/were everting
- Past perfect
- had everted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been everting
- Future
- will evert
- Future continuous
- will be everting
- Future perfect
- will have everted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been everting
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: evert; everts; everted; everted; everting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: everts.
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