<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to turn up or over: The farmer upturned clumps of sod with his spade.</li><li>to cause disorder; upheave: The storm upturned the town.</li><li>to direct or turn upward: She upturned her face toward heaven and prayed.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to turn up or upward: Her eyes upturned to see his face.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>chaos or extreme disorder, as in society; an upheaval.</li><li>an upward turn, or a changing and rising movement, as in prices or business.</li></ul>