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turn > 38 senses
NOUN1turn, bend, crookA circular segment of a curve
2turn, turningThe act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
3turn, playThe activity of doing something in an agreed succession
4turn, turn of events, twistAn unforeseen development
5turn, turningA movement in a new direction
6turnTurning away or in the opposite direction
7turn, twistTurning or twisting around (in place)
8turn, go, spell, tourA time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
9turn, bout, round(sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
10turn, act, routine, number, bitA short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
11turn, good turnA favor for someone
12turnTaking a short walk out and back
VERB1turnChange orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
2turn, becomeUndergo a change or development
3turn, change stateUndergo a transformation or a change of position or action
4turnCause to move around or rotate
5turn, growPass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute
6turnTo send or let go
7turn, move aroundPass to the other side of
8turnMove around an axis or a center
9turn, turn overCause to move around a center so as to show another side of
10turn, change by reversal, reverseChange to the contrary
11turn, plow, ploughTo break and turn over earth especially with a plow
12turnChange color
13turnCause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
14turn, releaseLet (something) fall or spill a container
15turn, twist, sprain, wrench, wrick, rickTwist suddenly so as to sprain
16turnShape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
17turn, sour, ferment, workGo sour or spoil
18turnAccomplish by rotating
19turnGet by buying and selling
20turnCause to move along an axis or into a new direction
21turnChannel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
22turn, flex, bend, deform, twistCause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
23turnAlter the functioning or setting of
24turnDirect at someone
25turn, call onHave recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
26turnBecome officially one year older
turn > pronunciation
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turn > noun 1, shape
MeaningA circular segment of a curve.
Synonymsbend, crook
Narrowerbight
Broadercurve, curved shape
turn > noun 2, act
MeaningThe act of changing or reversing the direction of the course.
Examples"he took a turn to the right"
Synonymsturning
Narrowerdiversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation; right; left; kick turn; stem turn, stem; telemark; swerve, swerving, veering; three-point turn; version
Broaderchange of course
Verbsturn
turn > noun 3, act
MeaningThe activity of doing something in an agreed succession.
Examples"it is my turn"
Synonymsplay
Part ofgame
Narrowermove; start, starting; innings; attack; down; bat, at-bat; lead; ruff, trumping
Broaderactivity
turn > noun 4, event
MeaningAn unforeseen development.
Examples"events suddenly took an awkward turn"
Synonymsturn of events, twist
Broaderdevelopment
Verbsturn; turn; turn
turn > noun 5, event
MeaningA movement in a new direction.
Examples"the turning of the wind"
Synonymsturning
Narrowerreversal, turn around; yaw, swerve; rotation, revolution, gyration; return, coming back; volution
Broadermovement, motion
Verbsturn; turn; turn; turn
turn > noun 6, act
MeaningTurning away or in the opposite direction.
Examples"he made an abrupt turn away from her"
Broaderchange of direction, reorientation
Verbsturn
turn > noun 7, act
MeaningTurning or twisting around (in place).
Synonymstwist
Narrowertwiddle
Broaderrotation, rotary motion
Verbsturn
turn > noun 8, time
MeaningA time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else).
Synonymsgo, spell, tour
Broadershift, work shift, duty period
turn > noun 9, time
Meaning(sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive.
Synonymsbout, round
Categorysport, athletics
Narrowertop, top of the inning; bottom, bottom of the inning
Broaderplaying period, period of play, play
turn > noun 10, communication
MeaningA short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program.
Synonymsact, routine, number, bit
Narrowershow-stopper, showstopper, stopper
Broaderperformance, public presentation
turn > noun 11, act
MeaningA favor for someone.
Examples"he did me a good turn"
Synonymsgood turn
Broaderfavor, favour
turn > noun 12, act
MeaningTaking a short walk out and back.
Examples"we took a turn in the park"
Broaderwalk
turn > verb 1, motion
MeaningChange orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP
ModelThey turn the car down the avenue
Examples"Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"
Entailed bywind, wind up; zigzag, crank
Narrowertwist; flip, flip over, turn over; turn on a dime; roll, turn over; roll over; swing around, swing about, turn around; flip, toss; port; face; turn off; turn away; gee; about-face; caracole; corner; overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over; bend; swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut; deflect, deviate; deflect, bend, turn away; avert, turn away; turn out, splay, spread out, rotate; rotate, circumvolve; pivot, swivel; gyrate, spiral, coil; corkscrew, spiral; deviate, divert; pronate
Broadermove
Similar toturn
See alsoturn back; turn away; turn to
Nounsturning, turn; turn, turning; turn
turn > verb 2, stative
MeaningUndergo a change or development.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples"The water turned into ice"; "He turned traitor"
Synonymsbecome
Narrowerreduce, come down, boil down; suffocate, choke; nucleate; come, add up, amount
Broadertransform, transmute, metamorphose
Similar tochange state, turn; turn
Nounsturn
turn > verb 3, change
MeaningUndergo a transformation or a change of position or action.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s
Examples"We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
Synonymschange state
Narrowerwake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken; zonk out, pass out, black out; come to, revive, resuscitate; tense, tense up; relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down; reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down; gain, put on; dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel; cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise; conceive; secularize, secularise; citrate; equilibrate; fall; become, go, get; worsen, decline; better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate; disengage; overgrow; concentrate; break; acidify, acetify; alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify; ionize, ionise; ossify; catalyze, catalyse; get worse, relapse; fluctuate; explode, burst forth, break loose; die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass; be born; cloud over; carbonize, carbonise; cool, chill, cool down; heat, hot up, heat up; carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise; freeze; boil; burn, combust; emaciate; Frenchify; thin; thicken, inspissate; solvate; react; dissolve, fade out, fade away; empty, discharge; fill, fill up; homogenize, homogenise; homogenize, homogenise; curdle, clabber, clot; clot, coagulate; sour, turn, ferment, work; integrate; precipitate; calcify; coke; carnify; chondrify; emulsify; denitrify; devitrify; esterify; etherify; thrombose; open, open up; close, shut; sorb, take up; calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it; thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish; emancipate, liberate; get into, tangle with; liquefy; erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Broaderchange
Similar toturn, grow; become, turn
See alsoturn around; turn off
Nounsturning; turn
turn > verb 4, motion
MeaningCause to move around or rotate.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"
Narrowerreorient; supinate; port
Broadermove, displace
Similar toturn; turn
Nounsturn; turn
turn > verb 5, change
MeaningPass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute. Become.
PatternSomething is ----ing PP; Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Something ----s Adjective/Noun
ModelJohn will turn angry
Examples"The weather turned nasty"
Synonymsgrow
Narrowerbald; turn
Broaderchange
Similar tochange state, turn
Nounsturn
turn > verb 6, motion
MeaningTo send or let go.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Examples"They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"
Broadersend, direct
turn > verb 7, motion
MeaningPass to the other side of.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"turn the corner"
Synonymsmove around
Broadertravel, go, move, locomote
Nounsturn
turn > verb 8, motion
MeaningMove around an axis or a center.
PatternSomething ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Examples"The wheels are turning"
Narrowerrevolve, go around, rotate
Broadermove
turn > verb 9, motion
MeaningCause to move around a center so as to show another side of.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelThey turn the coin
Examples"turn a page of a book"
Synonymsturn over
Narrowerevert; leaf
Broadermove, displace
Nounsturner
turn > verb 10, change
MeaningChange to the contrary.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples"the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
Synonymschange by reversal, reverse
Narrowerinterchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop; turn the tables, turn the tide; commutate; switch over, switch, exchange; correct, rectify, right; falsify; permute, commute, transpose; metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify; revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back; desynchronize, desynchronise; desecrate, deconsecrate; undo
Broaderchange
See alsoturn off; turn on
Nounsturn
turn > verb 11, creation
MeaningTo break and turn over earth especially with a plow.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples"turn the earth in the Spring"
Synonymsplow, plough
Categoryfarming, agriculture, husbandry
Entailsdig, delve, cut into, turn over
Narrowerridge; harrow, disk
Broadertill
turn > verb 12, change
MeaningChange color.
PatternSomething ----s
Examples"In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
Broaderturn, grow; discolor, discolour, colour, color
turn > verb 13, stative
MeaningCause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples"The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold"
Broaderchange, alter, modify
Similar tobecome, turn
turn > verb 14, contact
MeaningLet (something) fall or spill a container.
PatternSomebody ----s something PP
Examples"turn the flour onto a plate"
Synonymsrelease
Narrowerdeflate; throw
Broadertransmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
turn > verb 15, body
MeaningTwist suddenly so as to sprain.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelDid he turn his foot?
Examples"I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
Synonymstwist, sprain, wrench, wrick, rick
Broaderinjure, wound
turn > verb 16, contact
MeaningShape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelThe girls turn the wooden sticks
Examples"turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel"
Broaderform
Similar toturn
Nounsturner; turnery; turnery
turn > verb 17, change
MeaningGo sour or spoil.
PatternSomething ----s
Examples"The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
Synonymssour, ferment, work
Caused byferment, work
Entailed bybrew
Broaderchange state, turn
Similar toferment, work
turn > verb 18, social
MeaningAccomplish by rotating.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels"
Broaderdo, perform
Similar toturn
Nounsturner
turn > verb 19, possession
MeaningGet by buying and selling.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"the company turned a good profit after a year"
Categorycommerce, commercialism, mercantilism
Broaderget, acquire
turn > verb 20, motion
MeaningCause to move along an axis or into a new direction.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Examples"turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn your dance partner around"
Broadermove, displace
Similar toturn
turn > verb 21, motion
MeaningChannel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something.
PatternSomebody ----s PP
Examples"The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millenium"
Narrowertake up
Broadersend, direct
turn > verb 22, contact
MeaningCause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"the strong man could turn an iron bar"
Synonymsflex, bend, deform, twist
Entailed bycurl, curve, kink
Narrowerindent, dent; incurvate; gnarl; crank; convolve, convolute
Broaderchange shape, change form, deform
Contraryunbend
turn > verb 23, contact
MeaningAlter the functioning or setting of.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down"
Broaderoperate, control
turn > verb 24, competition
MeaningDirect at someone.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car"
Broaderaim, take, train, take aim, direct
turn > verb 25, communication
MeaningHave recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Examples"She turned to her relatives for help"
Synonymscall on
Broaderappeal, invoke
turn > verb 26, change
MeaningBecome officially one year older.
PatternSomebody ----s
Examples"She is turning 50 this year"
Broadersenesce, age, get on, mature, maturate

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