Move around an axis or a center
To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise;
Noun
taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park"
Noun
turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"
Noun
turning away or in the opposite direction; "he made an abrupt turn away from her"
Noun
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right"
Noun
the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play"
Noun
a favor for someone; "he did me a good turn"
Noun
a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"
Noun
a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind"
Noun
an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn"
Noun
a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
Noun
(sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
Noun
a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it''s my go"; "a spell of work"
Verb
twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one''s ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn''t walk for several days"
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pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
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change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
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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"
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become officially one year older; "She is turning 50 this year"
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change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
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go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
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have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to; "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help"
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direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car"
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alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down"
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cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
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let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"
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shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel"
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to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
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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"
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pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle"
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channel one''s attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millenium"
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to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor''s mansion"
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cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"
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cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"
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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"
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move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"
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get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year"
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accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels"
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undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
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cause to change or turn 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"
v. t.
To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to
give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round,
either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so
as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face
otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the
head.
v. t.
To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost;
to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of;
to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a
coat.
v. t.
To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to
direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both
literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to
turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the
attention to or from something.
v. t.
To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to
another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to
devote.
v. t.
To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to
alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or
into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as,
to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn
prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian;
to turn good to evil, and the like.
v. t.
To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by
applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of
stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
v. t.
Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in
proper condition; to adapt.
v. t.
To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
v. t.
To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to
turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
v. t.
To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.
v. i.
To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve
entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face
differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a
spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel.
v. i.
Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
v. i.
To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to
issue.
v. i.
To be deflected; to take a different direction or
tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be
transferred; as, to turn from the road.
v. i.
To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become
transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood
turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn
Mohammedan.
v. i.
To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory
turns well.
v. i.
To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
v. i.
To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
v. i.
To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
v. i.
To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of
scales.
v. i.
To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said
of the tide.
v. i.
To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to
facilitate delivery.
v. i.
To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary
substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
n.
The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about,
a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.
n.
Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order,
position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn
of the tide.
n.
One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of
occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend;
a meander.
n.
A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it
began; a short walk; a stroll.
n.
Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with
another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or
incidental occasion; appropriate time.
n.
Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of
kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.
n.
Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not
serve his turn.
n.
Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- used in a literal or
figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as,
the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation.
n.
A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring
symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad
turn.
n.
A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called
from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which
was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.
n.
A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a
pin or a cleat.
n.
A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
n.
A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every
hundred within his county.
n.
Monthly courses; menses.
n.
An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly
consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made,
with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being
sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last,
the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked
note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in
which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /.
Turn
Turn the adamantine spindle round.
The monarch turns him to his royal guest.2.
Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport Her importunity.
My thoughts are turned on peace.4.
Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David.
God will make these evils the occasion of a greater good, by turning them to advantage in this world.
When the passage is open, land will be turned most to cattle; when shut, to sheep.5.
The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee.
And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
Impatience turns an ague into a fever.6.
I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned.7.
His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread !
He was perfectly well turned for trade.8. Specifically: --
Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown.
We turn not back the silks upon the merchants, When we have soiled them.
I'll turn you out of my kingdom.
This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died.
Turn
The gate . . . on golden hinges turning.2.
Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of war.3.
If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our advantage.4.
Turn from thy fierce wrath.
Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways.
The understanding turns inward on itself, and reflects on its own operations.5.
I hope you have no intent to turn husband.
Cygnets from gray turn white.6.
I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn.
Turn
At length his complaint took a favorable turn.
The turns and varieties of all passions.
Too well the turns of mortal chance I know.3.
And all its [the river's] thousand turns disclose. Some fresher beauty varying round.4.
Come, you and I must walk a turn together.
I will take a turn in your garden.5.
His turn will come to laugh at you again..
Every one has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.6.
Had I not done a friendes turn to thee?
thanks are half lost when good turns are delayed.7.
I have enough to serve mine own turn.8.
The turn of both his expressions and thoughts is unharmonious.
The Roman poets, in their description of a beautiful man, often mention the turn of his neck and arms.9.
To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise;
To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round;
The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution;
Usage Examples
Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.
A smartphone links patients' bodies and doctors' computers, which in turn are connected to the Internet, which in turn is connected to any smartphone anywhere. The new devices could put the management of an individual's internal organs in the hands of every hacker, online scammer, and digital vandal on Earth.
Acting is sort of an extension of childhood. You get to play all of these roles and have so much fun. Playing an athlete would be so cool. Or where you get to shoot guns, ride horses. I wouldn't turn down any of that.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
A whole lot of us believers, of all different religions, are ready to turn back the tide of madness by walking together, in both the dark and the light - in other words, through life - registering voters as we go, and keeping the faith.
Alaska is what happens when Willy Wonka and the witch from Hansel and Gretel elope, buy a place together upstate, renounce their sweet teeth, and turn into health fanatics.
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Other Usage ExamplesA minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer.
Actors always talk about taking their work home and I always think: 'What are you on? You just turn it off. You are at work and then you go home.'
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.
Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.