turn
Webster Dictionary
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
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slue
Webster Dictionary
to turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round
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turn
Webster Dictionary
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
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inning
Webster Dictionary
the state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; -- often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings
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supinate
(supinate)
Princeton's WordNet
turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)
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evert
(evert)
Princeton's WordNet
turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward
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corner
(ˈkɔr nər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of an automobile) to turn, esp. at a speed relatively high for the angle of the turn involved.
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slue
Webster Dictionary
to turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body
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digress
Webster Dictionary
to step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking
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revolt
Webster Dictionary
to turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence
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torque
Webster Dictionary
a turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis
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turn
Webster Dictionary
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
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inning
(ˈɪn ɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
innings, (used with a sing. v.)Cricket. a unit of play in which each team has a turn at bat, the turn of a team ending after ten players are put out.
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deflect
(ɪˈflɛkt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to bend or turn aside; turn from a true course.
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haw
(ɔ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to turn or make a turn to the left.
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wind
Webster Dictionary
to turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball
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decline
Webster Dictionary
to put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them
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turn
Webster Dictionary
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
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divert
Webster Dictionary
to turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course
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turn
Webster Dictionary
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
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tumble
Webster Dictionary
to turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers
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elbow
Webster Dictionary
any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent
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rotate
Webster Dictionary
to perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office
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shunt
Webster Dictionary
to turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift
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gee
(ʒi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to turn or make a turn to the right.
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shift
Webster Dictionary
the change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift
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volti
Webster Dictionary
turn, that is, turn over the leaf
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writhe
Webster Dictionary
to twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring
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face
(face)
Princeton's WordNet
turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
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turn
Webster Dictionary
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
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