Verb: turn turn
Noun: turn turn
- Change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
"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"
- Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
"We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election";
- change state
- Undergo a change or development
"The water turned into ice"; "He turned traitor";
- Cause to move around or rotate
"turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"
- Change to the contrary
"the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern";
- change by reversal, reverse
- Pass to the other side of
"turn the corner";
- move around
- Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
"The weather turned nasty";
- Let (something) fall or spill from a container
"turn the flour onto a plate";
- Move around an axis or a centre
"The wheels are turning"
- Cause to move around a centre so as to show another side of
"turn a page of a book";
- turn over
- To send or let go
"They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"
- (farming) to break and turn over earth especially with a plough
"turn the earth in the spring";
- plow [N. Amer], plough [Brit, Cdn]
- Shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
"turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel"
- Change colour
"In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
- Twist suddenly so as to sprain
"I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days";
- twist, sprain, wrench, wrick, rick
- Cause to change into something different; assume new characteristics
"The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold"
- Accomplish by rotating
"turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels"
- Get by buying and selling
"the company turned a good profit after a year"
- Cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
"turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn your dance partner around"
- Channel one's attention, interest or thought toward or away from something
"The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium"
- Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
"the strong man could turn an iron bar";
- flex, bend, deform, twist
- Alter the functioning or setting of
"turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down"
- Direct at someone
"She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car"
- Have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
"She turned to her relatives for help";
- call on
- Go sour or spoil
"The cream has turned--we have to throw it out";
- sour, ferment, work
- Become officially one year older
"She is turning 50 this year"
- A circular segment of a curve
"a turn in the road";
- bend, crook, twist
- The act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
"he took a turn to the right";
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
"it is my turn";
- An unforeseen development
"events suddenly took an awkward turn";
- turn of events, twist
- A movement in a new direction
"the turn of the wind";
- The act of turning away or in the opposite direction
"he made an abrupt turn away from her"
- Turning or twisting around (in place)
"with a quick turn of his head he surveyed the room";
- A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
"it's my turn";
- go, spell, tour
- (sport) a division during which one team is on the offensive
- bout, round
- A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
"he did his turn three times every evening";
- act, routine, number, bit
- A favour for someone
"he did me a good turn";
- good turn
- Taking a short walk out and back
"we took a turn in the park"
- A short period of feeling ill
Sounds like: Tunney, tur
Derived forms: turns, turned, turning
See also: turn around, turn away, turn back, turn off, turn on, turn to
Type of: acquire, activity, age, aim, alter, appeal, change, change form, change of course, change of direction, change shape, channel, channelise [Brit], channelize, color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], control, curve, curved shape, deform, development, direct, discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], displace, division, do, duty period, favor [US], favour [Brit, Cdn], form, get, get on, go, injure, invoke, locomote, maturate, mature, metamorphose, modify, motion, move, movement, operate, part, perform, performance, public presentation, reorientation, rotary motion, rotation, section, send, senesce, shape, shift, take, take aim, till, train, transfer, transform, transmit, transmute, transport, travel, walk, work shift, wound
Part of: period of play, play, playing period
Encyclopedia: Turn, Lancashire