1. (verb)prove, turn out, turn up be shown or be found to be "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
2. (verb)turn out prove to be in the result or end "It turns out that he was right"
3. (verb)turn out produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery "This factory turns out saws"
4. (verb)turn out, come out result or end "How will the game turn out?"
5. (verb)turn out come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons "How many people turned out that evening?"
6. (verb)bear, turn out bring forth, "The appletreeboredelicious apples this year" "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
7. (verb)eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out put out or expel from a place "The unruly student was excluded from the game"
8. (verb)turn out come and gather for a publicevent "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"
9. (verb)turn out outfit or equip, as with accessories "The actors were turned out lavishly"
10. (verb)turn out, splay, spread out, rotate turn outward "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
11. (verb)switch off, cut, turn off, turn out cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
12. (verb)get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise get up and out of bed "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"