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EVERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Evert mean? 

EVERT (noun)
  The noun EVERT has 1 sense:

1. United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954)play

  Familiarity information: EVERT used as a noun is very rare.


EVERT (verb)
  The verb EVERT has 1 sense:

1. turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outwardplay

  Familiarity information: EVERT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EVERT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Chris Evert; Chrissie Evert; Christine Marie Evert; Evert

Instance hypernyms:

tennis player (an athlete who plays tennis)

Derivation:

evert (turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward)


EVERT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they evert  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it everts  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: everted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: everted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: everting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

evert the eyelid

Hypernyms (to "evert" is one way to...):

turn; turn over (cause to move around a center so as to show another side of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

eversion (the act of turning inside out)

eversion (the position of being turned outward)

Evert (United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954))

everting (the act of turning inside out)


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