Turn (Verb)
Meaning 1
Change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 3
Accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 4
Cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 5
Undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 6
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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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 7
To send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 8
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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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 9
Alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 10
Cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 11
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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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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- Tump Over
- Bend
- Turn Away
- Tip Over
- Trend
- Splay
- Flip Over
- Spiral
- Swing About
- Turn Over
- Toss
- Spread Out
- Slue
- Swivel
- Coil
- Slew
- Curve
- Cut
- Divert
- Turn Around
- Rotate
- Circumvolve
- Veer
- Sheer
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Meaning 12
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".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 13
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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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 14
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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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 15
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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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 16
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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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 17
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 millennium".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 18
Move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 19
Get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 20
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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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- Commutate
- Retrovert
- Flip
- Switch Over
- Flip-flop
- Transpose
- Undo
- Transmogrify
- Desecrate
- Interchange
- Turn The Tables
- Regress
- Permute
- Turn Back
- Alternate
- Metamorphose
- Revert
- Switch
- Exchange
- Right
- Deconsecrate
- Correct
- Falsify
- Desynchronize
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Meaning 21
Let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 22
Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 23
Pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 24
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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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- Croak
- Meliorate
- Slim Down
- Denitrify
- Disengage
- Carburise
- Fade Away
- Simmer Down
- Close
- Resuscitate
- Acidify
- Go
- Etherify
- Thrombose
- Cross-fertilize
- Cool Off
- Ferment
- Kick The Bucket
- Homogenize
- Carburize
- Garment
- Better
- Combust
- Arouse
- Ameliorate
- Carnify
- Ionize
- Flourish
- Esterify
- Choke
- Buy The Farm
- Freeze
- Chondrify
- Come Alive
- Snuff It
- Pop Off
- Emancipate
- Dress
- Heat Up
- Apparel
- Burn
- Calm
- Expire
- Cash In One's Chips
- Come To
- Empty
- Gain
- Calcify
- Clot
- Exit
- Wake Up
- Catalyze
- Give-up The Ghost
- Break Loose
- Settle Down
- Equilibrate
- Pass
- Waken
- Enclothe
- Liquefy
- Coke
- Catch Fire
- Fall
- Wake
- Chill Out
- Work
- Open
- Thin
- Conk
- Cool
- Sour
- Garb
- Boil
- Integrate
- Drop Dead
- Sorb
- Take Fire
- Slim
- Fill
- Zonk Out
- Fit Out
- Heat
- Basify
- Fly High
- Cool It
- Fluctuate
- Get Into
- Cool Down
- Ossify
- Slow Down
- Become
- Unwind
- Dissolve
- Carbonize
- Tense
- Raiment
- Citrate
- Awaken
- Get Worse
- Emulsify
- Break
- Conceive
- Reduce
- Secularize
- Decompress
- Alkalize
- Black Out
- Relax
- Precipitate
- Overgrow
- Solvate
- Alkalify
- Conflagrate
- Slenderize
- Curdle
- Frenchify
- Concentrate
- Tog
- Emaciate
- Habilitate
- Erupt
- Die
- Explode
- Thicken
- Thrive
- Get
- Perish
- Unbend
- React
- Pass Away
- Cloud Over
- Be Born
- Worsen
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Meaning 25
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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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..