What does turn mean?
Definitions for turn
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word turn.
Princeton's WordNet
bend, crook, twist, turnnoun
a circular segment of a curve
"a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
turn, turningnoun
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
"he took a turn to the right"
turn, playnoun
(game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
"it is my turn"; "it is still my play"
turn, turn of events, twistnoun
an unforeseen development
"events suddenly took an awkward turn"
turning, turnnoun
a movement in a new direction
"the turning of the wind"
turnnoun
the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
"he made an abrupt turn away from her"
twist, turnnoun
turning or twisting around (in place)
"with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"
go, spell, tour, turnnoun
a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
"it's my go"; "a spell of work"
turn, bout, roundnoun
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
act, routine, number, turn, bitnoun
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"
turn, good turnnoun
a favor for someone
"he did me a good turn"
turnverb
taking a short walk out and back
"we took a turn in the park"
turnverb
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"
change state, turnverb
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"
become, turnverb
undergo a change or development
"The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
turnverb
cause to move around or rotate
"turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"
change by reversal, turn, reverseverb
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"
turn, move aroundverb
pass to the other side of
"turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle"
turn, growverb
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
"The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
turn, releaseverb
let (something) fall or spill from a container
"turn the flour onto a plate"
turnverb
move around an axis or a center
"The wheels are turning"
turn, turn oververb
cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
"turn a page of a book"
turnverb
to send or let go
"They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"
plow, plough, turnverb
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
"Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
turnverb
shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
"turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel"
turnverb
change color
"In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rickverb
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"
turnverb
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"
turnverb
accomplish by rotating
"turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels"
turnverb
get by buying and selling
"the company turned a good profit after a year"
turnverb
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"
turnverb
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"
flex, bend, deform, twist, turnverb
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"
turnverb
alter the functioning or setting of
"turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down"
turnverb
direct at someone
"She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car"
call on, turnverb
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"
sour, turn, ferment, workverb
go sour or spoil
"The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
turnverb
become officially one year older
"She is turning 50 this year"
Wiktionary
turnnoun
A change of direction or orientation.
Give the handle a turn, then pull it.
turnnoun
A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
turnnoun
A single loop of a coil.
turnnoun
A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
They took turns playing with the new toy.
turnnoun
One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
turnnoun
A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
turnnoun
(also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
They quote a three-day turn on parts like those.
turnnoun
A fit or a period of giddiness.
I've had a funny turn.
turnnoun
A change in temperament or circumstance.
She took a turn for the worse.
turnverb
Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
turnverb
To change the direction or orientation of.
Turn the knob clockwise.
turnverb
To change one's direction of travel.
Turn right here.
turnverb
To position (something) by folding it.
Turn the bed covers.
turnverb
To become .
turnverb
To fundamentally change; to metamorphose.
turnverb
To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
The prisoners turned on the warden.
turnverb
To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
She turned the table legs with care and precision.
turnverb
To sour or spoil; to go bad.
This milk has turned; it smells awful.
turnnoun
A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight)
turnnoun
The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
turnnoun
The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em
turnnoun
A deed done to another.
turnnoun
A pass behind or through an object.
turnnoun
character; personality; nature
turnnoun
An instances of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
turnverb
To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
The hillside behind our house isn't generally much to look at, but once all the trees turn it's gorgeous.
turnverb
To complete.
They say they can turn the parts in two days.
turnverb
Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
turnverb
Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
turnverb
To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
turnverb
To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
turnverb
Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
Etymology: From turnen, from turnian, tyrnan and torner, both from tornare, from tornus, from τόρνος, from tere-. Cognate with þrawan. More at throw.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Turnnoun
Etymology: from the verb.
Fear misled the youngest from his way;
But Nisus hit the turns. Dryden.After a turbulent and noisy course among the rocks, the Teverne falls into the valley, and after many turns and windings glides peaceably into the Tiber. Addison.
My good and gracious lord of Canterbury:
Come, you and I must walk a turn together. William Shakespeare.Nothing but the open air will do me good, I’ll take a turn in your garden. John Dryden, Spanish Friar.
Upon a bridge somewhat broader than the space a man takes up in walking, laid over a precipice, desire some eminent philosopher to take a turn or two upon it. Collier.
An admirable facility musick hath to express and represent to the mind, more inwardly than any other sensible mean, the very standing, rising, and falling; the very steps and inflections every way; the turns and varieties of all passions whereunto the mind is subject. Richard Hooker.
Oh, world, thy slippery turns! friends now fast sworn,
On a dissension of a doit, break out
To bitterest enmity. William Shakespeare.The state of christendom might by this have a turn. Francis Bacon.
The King with great nobleness and bounty, which virtues had their turns in his nature, restored Edward Stafford. Francis Bacon.
This turn hath made amends ! thou hast fulfill’d
Thy words, Creator bounteous. John Milton.This turn ’s too quick to be without design;
I’ll sound the bottom of ’t ere I believe. Dryden.Too well the turns of mortal chance I know,
And hate relentless of my heavenly foe. Alexander Pope, Odyss.An English gentleman should be well versed in the history of England, that he may observe the several turns of state, and how produced. John Locke.
The Athenians were offered liberty, but the wise turn they thought to give the matter, was a sacrifice of the author. Jonathan Swift.
Every one has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases. Col.
An old dog, falling from his speed, was loaden at every turn with blows and reproaches. Roger L'Estrange.
Myself would be glad to take some breath, and desire that some of you would take your turn to speak. Francis Bacon.
His turn will come to laugh at you again. John Denham.
The spiteful stars have shed their venom down,
And now the peaceful planets take their turn. Dryden.Though they held the power of the civil sword unlawful, whilst they were to be governed by it, yet they esteemed it very lawful when it came to their turn to govern. Francis Atterbury.
A saline constitution of the fluids is acid, alkaline, or muriatic: of these in their turns. Arbuthnot.
The nymph will have her turn to be
The tutor, and the pupil, he. Jonathan Swift.Lend this virgin aid,
Thanks are half lost when good turns are delay’d. Edward Fairfax.Some malicious natures place their delight in doing ill turns. Roger L'Estrange, Fab. b. 102.
Shrewd turns strike deeper than ill words. South.
This is not to be accomplished but by introducing religion to be the turn and fashion of the age. Jonathan Swift.
They, by their skill in palmistry,
Will quickly read his destiny;
And make him glad to read his lesson,
Or take a turn for it at the session. Samuel Butler.Diogenes’ dish did never serve his master for more turns, notwiths
tanding that he made it his dish, cup, cap, measure, and water-pot, than a mantle doth an Irishman. Edmund Spenser.They never found occasion for their tourn,
But almost starv’d did much lament and mourn. Hubberd.His going I could frame to serve my turn;
Save him from danger, do him love and honour. William Shakespeare.My daughter Catharine is not for your turn. William Shakespeare.
To perform this murder was elect;
A base companion, few or none could miss,
Who first did serve their turn, and now serves his. Dan.They tried their old friends of the city, who had served their turns so often, and set them to get a petition. Edward Hyde.
This philosophy may pass with the most sensual, while they pretend to be reasonable; but whenever they have a mind to be otherwise, to drink or to sleep, will serve the turn. William Temple, Miscellanies.
Our young men take up some cry’d up English poet, without knowing wherein his thoughts are improper to his subject, or his expressions unworthy of his thoughts, or the turn of both is unharmonious. Dryden.
Seldom any thing raises wonder in me, which does not give my thought a turn that makes my heart the better. Addison.
Female virtues are of a domestick turn. The family is the proper province for private women to shine in. Addison.
An agreeable turn appears in her sentiments upon the most ordinary affairs of life. Addison.
Wit doth not consist so much in advancing things new, as in giving things known an agreeable turn. Joseph Addison, Spect.
Before I made this remark, I wondered to see the Roman poets, in their description of a beautiful man, so often mention the turn of his neck and arms. Addison.
A young man of a sprightly turn in conversation, had an inordinate desire of appearing fashionable. Spectator.
Books give the same turn to our thoughts and reasoning, that good company does to our conversation. Jonathan Swift, Mis.
The very turn of voice, the good pronunciation, and the alluring manner which some teachers have attained, will engage the attention. Isaac Watts.
The turn of words, in which Ovid excells all poets, are sometimes a fault or sometimes a beauty, as they are used properly or improperly. Dryden.
The three first stanzas are rendered word for word with the original, not only with the same elegance, but the same short turn of expression peculiar to the sapphick ode. Addison.
The first coin being made of brass gave the denomination to money among the Romans, and the whole turn of their expressions is derived from it. Arbuthnot.
They feel by turns the bitter change
Of fierce extremes; extremes by change more fierce. John Milton.The challenge to Dametas shall belong,
Menalcas shall sustain his under-song;
Each in his turn your tuneful numbers bring;
By turns the tuneful muses love to sing. John Dryden, Virg.By turns put on the suppliant, and the lord;
Threaten’d this moment, and the next implor’d. Matthew Prior.To Turnverb
Etymology: turnan , Sax. tourner, Fr. from torno, Lat.
She would have made Hercules turn the spit; yea and have cleft his club to make the fire too. William Shakespeare.
He turn’d me about with his finger and thumb, as one would set up a top. William Shakespeare.
Here’s a knocking, indeed: if a man were porter of hellgate he should have old turning the key. William Shakespeare.
They in numbers that compute
Days, months and years, towards his all-chearing lamp
Turn swift their various motions, or are turn’d
By his magnetic beam. John Milton, Par. Lost.When the hen has laid her eggs so that she can cover them, what care does she take in turning them frequently, that all parts may partake of the vital warmth? Addison.
Expert
When to advance, or stand, or turn the sway
Of battle. John Milton.He bid his angels turn ascanse the poles. John Milton.
You weigh equally, a feather will turn the scale. William Shakespeare.
If I survive, shall Troy the less prevail,
A single soul’s too light to turn the scale. Dryden.He called me sot;
And told me I had turn’d the wrong side out. William Shakespeare.The vast abyss
Up from the bottom turn’d by furious winds. John Milton.His gentle dumb expression turn’d at length
The eye of Eve to mark his play. John Milton.The rage of thirst and hunger now supprest,
The monarch turns him to his royal guest. Alexander Pope, Odyss.As the placing one foot of a pair of compasses on a plane, and moving about the other foot, describes a circle with the moving point; so any substance, pitched steddy on two points, as on an axis, and moved about, also describes a circle concentric to the axis: and an edge-tool set steddy to that part of the outside of the substance, will in a circumvolution of that substance, cut off all the parts that lie farther off the axis, and make the outside also concentric to the axis. This is the whole sum of turning. Joseph Moxon, Mech. Exer.
The whole lathe is made strong, because the matter it turns being metal, is heavier than wood, and with forceable coming about, would, if the lathe were slight, make it tremble, and so spoil the work. Joseph Moxon, Mech. Exer.
His whole person is finely turned, and speaks him a man of quality. Tatler, №. 75.
What nervous arms he boasts, how firm his tread,
His limbs how turn’d, how broad his shoulders spread! Alexander Pope.My throat of war be turn’d
To the virgin’s voice that babies lulls asleep. William Shakespeare.This mock of his
Hath turn’d his balls to gunstones. William Shakespeare, Hen. V.Turn the council of Ahitophel into foolishness. 2 Sa. xv.
Impatience turns an ague into a fever, a fever to the plague, fear into despair, anger into rage, loss into madness, and sorrow to amazement. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of living Holy.
O goodness! that shall evil turn to good. John Milton.
Of sooty coal th’ empirick alchemist
Can turn, or holds it possible to turn
Mettals of drossiest ore to perfect gold. John Milton.The choler of a hog turned syrup of violets green. John Floyer.
Disdain not me although I be not fair:
Doth beauty keep which never sun can burn,
Nor storms do turn. Philip Sidney.Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world
Could turn so much the constitution
Of any constant man. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.Fortune confounds the wise,
And when they least expect it, turns the dice. Dryden.The bard whom pilfer’d pastorals renown;
Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown,
Just writes to make his barrenness appear. Alexander Pope.Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me. Ps. xxv.
That unreadiness which they find in us, they turn it to the soothing up themselves in that accursed fancy. Richard Hooker.
When a storm of sad mischance beats upon our spirits, turn it into advantage, to serve religion or prudence. Taylor.
God will make these evils the occasion of a greater good, by turning them to advantage in this world, or increase of our happiness in the next. John Tillotson.
Sheep, and great cattle, it seems indifferent which of these two were most turned to. William Temple.
These came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him. 1 Chron. xii. 23.
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods. Lev. xix. 4.
The destruction of Demetrius, son to Philip II. of Macedon, turned upon the father, who died of repentance. Francis Bacon.
This beastly line quite turns my stomach. Alexander Pope.
Eastern priests in giddy circles run,
And turn their heads to imitate the sun. Alexander Pope.My aking head can scarce support the pain,
This cursed love will surely turn my brain:
Feel how it shoots. Theocrit.Alas! she raves; her brain, I fear, is turn’d. Nicholas Rowe.
The sun
Was bid turn reins from th’ equinoctial road. John Milton.A man, though he turns his eyes towards an object, yet he may chuse whether he will curiously survey it. John Locke.
Unless he turns his thoughts that way, he will no more have clear and distinct ideas of the operations of his mind, than he will have of a clock, who will not turn his eyes to it. John Locke.
They turn away their eyes from a beautiful prospect. Add.
My thoughts are turn’d on peace.
Already have our quarrels fill’d the world
With widows and with orphans. Joseph Addison, Cato.This turns the busiest spirits from the old notions of honour and liberty to the thoughts of traffick. Addison.
His natural magnanimity turn’d all his thoughts upon something more valuable than he had in view. Addison.
He turn’d his parts rather to books and conversation, than to politicks. Matthew Prior.
He is still to spring from one of a poetical disposition, from whom he might inherit a soul turn’d to poetry. Alexander Pope.
Thus a wise taylor is not pinching,
But turns at ev’ry seam an inch in. Jonathan Swift.Turn these ideas about in your mind, and take a view of them on all sides. Isaac Watts.
Quick wits are more quick to enter speedily, than able to pierce far; like sharp tools whose edges be very soon turn’d. Roger Ascham.
Rather turn this day out of the week;
This day of shame. William Shakespeare.They turn’d weak people and children unable for service, out of the city. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.
He now was grown deform’d and poor,
And fit to be turn’d out of door. Hudibras, p. iii.If I had taken to the church, I should have had more sense than to have turn’d myself out of my benefice by writing libels on my parishioners. John Dryden, Fables. Preface to.
’Twould be hard to imagine that God would turn him out of paradise, to till the ground, and at the same time advance him to a throne. John Locke.
A great man in a peasant’s house, finding his wife handsome, turn’d the good man out of his dwelling. Addison.
They all the sacred mysteries of heaven
To their own vile advantages shall turn. John Milton.When the passage is open, land will be turned most to great cattle; when shut, to sheep. William Temple.
God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee. Deut. xxx.
These are certain commodities, and yield the readiest money of any that are turn’d in this kingdom, as they never fail of a price abroad. William Temple.
A man must guard, if he intends to keep fair with the world, and turn the penny. Jeremy Collier, of Popularity.
However improper he might have been for studies of a higher nature, he was perfectly well turn’d for trade. Addison.
I will send my fear before thee, and make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. Exod. xxiii. 27.
Luther’s conscience, by his instigations, turns these very reasonings upon him. Francis Atterbury.
She did nothing but turn up and down, as she had hoped to turn away the fancy that master’d her, and hid her face as if she could have hidden herself from her own fancies. Philip Sidney.
Yet you will be hanged for being so long absent, or be turn’d away. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.
She turn’d away one servant for putting too much oil in her sallad. Arbuthnot.
We turn not back the silks upon the merchant,
When we have spoil’d them. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.Having brought our treasure
Then take we down his load, and turn him off,
Like to the empty ass, to shake his ears. William Shakespeare.The murmurer is turn’d off, to the company of those doleful creatures that inhabit the ruins of Babylon. Gov. of Tong.
He turn’d off his former wife to make room for this marriage. Addison.
The most adverse chances are like the ploughing and breaking the ground, in order to a more plentiful harvest. And yet we are not so wholly turned off to that reversion, as to have no supplies for the present; for besides the comfort of so certain an expectation in another life, we have promises also for this. Decay of Piety.
The institution of sports was intended by all governments to turn off the thoughts of the people from busying themselves in matters of state. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.
Excusing himself and turning over the fault to fortune; then let it be your ill fortune too. Philip Sidney.
He that has once acquired a prudential habit, doth not, in his business, turn to these rules. Nehemiah Grew.
Helvicus’s tables may be turn’d to on all occasions. John Locke.
Narcissus now his sixteenth year began,
Just turned of boy, and on the verge of man. Ovid’s Met.When turned of forty they determined to retire to the country. Addison.
Irus, though now turned of fifty, has not appeared in the world since five and twenty. Addison.
After he had saluted Solyman, and was about to declare the cause of his coming, he was turn'd over to the Bassa's. Richard Knolles.
'Tis well the debt no payment does demand,
You turn me over to another hand. John Dryden, Aurengzebe.Some conceive they have no more to do than to turn over a concordance. Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies.
Criminals condemned to suffer
Are blinded first, and then turn'd over. Samuel Butler.To Turnverb
Such a light and mettl’d dance
Saw you never;
And by lead-men for the nonce,
That turn round like grindlestones. Ben Jonson.The gate on golden hinges turning. John Milton.
The cause of the imagination that things turn round, is, for that the spirits themselves turn, being compressed by the vapour of the wine; for every liquid body, upon compression, turneth, as we see in water: and it is all one to the sight, whether the visual spirits move, or the object moveth, or the medium moveth. And we see that long turning round breedeth the same imagination. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
Pompey turned upon him and bad him be quiet. Francis Bacon.
The understanding turns inwards on itself, and reflects on its own operations. John Locke.
Turn, mighty monarch, turn, this way:
Do not refuse to hear. Dryden.Nature wrought so, that seeing me she turn’d. John Milton.
He said, and turning short with speedy pace,
Casts back a scornful glance and quits the place. Dryden.The ancle-bone is apt to turn out on either side, by reason of relaxation of the tendons upon the least walking. Richard Wiseman.
If one with ten thousand dice, should throw five thousand sises once or twice, we might say he did it by chance; but if, with almost an infinite number he should, without failing, throw the same sises, we should certainly conclude he did it by art, or that these dice could turn upon no other side. George Cheyne.
There is not a more melancholy object than a man who has his head turned with religious enthusiasm. Addison.
His cares all turn upon Astyanax,
Whom he has lodg’d within the citadel. Ambrose Philips.The night seems doubled with the fear she brings.
The morning, as mistaken, turns about,
And all her early fires again go out. John Dryden, Aurengzebe.My lords turn in, into your servant’s house. Gen. xix. 2.
Virgil , suppose in describing the fury of his heroe in a battle, when endeavouring to raise our concernment to the highest pitch, turns short on the sudden into some similitude, which diverts attention from the main subject. Dryden.
Your bodies may at last turn all to spirit. John Milton.
A storm of sad mischance will turn into something that is good, if we list to make it so. Taylor.
This suspicion turned to jealousy, and jealousy to rage; then she disdains and threatens, and again is humble. Dryd.
Socrates meeting Alcibiades going to his devotions, and observing his eyes fixed with great seriousness, tells him that he had reason to be thoughtful, since a man might bring down evils by his prayers, and the things which the gods send him at his request might turn to his destruction. Addison.
For this I suffer’d Phœbus’ steeds to stray,
And the mad ruler to misguide the day,
When the wide earth to heaps of ashes turn’d,
And heav’n itself the wand’ring chariot burn’d. Alexander Pope.Rather than let a good fire be wanting, enliven it with the butter that happens to turn to oil. Jonathan Swift.
Cygnets from grey turn white; hawks from brown turn more white. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
Oil of vitriol and petroleum, a drachm of each, will turn into a mouldy substance. Boyle.
They turn viragos too; the wrestler’s toil
They try. John Dryden, Juvenal.In this disease, the gall will turn of a blackish colour, and the blood verge towards a pitchy consistence. Arbuthnot.
I turn’d, and try’d each corner of my bed,
To find if sleep were there, but sleep was lost. Dryden.As a man in a fever turns often, although without any hope of ease, so men in the extremest misery fly to the first appearance of relief, though never so vain. Jonathan Swift, Intellig.
Turn from thy fierce wrath. Exod. xxxii. 12.
Turn at my reproof: behold I will pour out my spirit. Prov.
He’ll relent and turn from his displeasure. John Milton.
Has friendship such a faint and milky heart,
It turns in less than two nights? William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens.Asses milk turneth not so easily as cows. Francis Bacon.
Let their vanity be flattered with things that will do them good; and let their pride set them on work on something which may turn to their advantage. John Locke, on Education.
Christianity directs our actions so, as every thing we do may turn to account at the great day. Joseph Addison, Spect.
For want of due improvement, these useful inventions have not turned to any great account. Thomas Baker, Reflect. on Learning.
When a man once perceives how far ideas agree or disagree, he will be able to judge of what other people say. The question turns upon this point; when the presbyterians shall have got their share of employments, whether they ought not, by their own principles, to use the utmost of their power to reduce the whole kingdom to an uniformity. Jonathan Swift.
Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of war. Jonathan Swift.
The first platform of the poem, which reduces into one important action all the particulars upon which it turns. Alexander Pope.
I’ll look no more,
Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight
Topple down headlong. William Shakespeare, King Lear.If we repent seriously, submit contentedly and serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our advantage. William Wake.
The turning away of the simple shall slay him. Prov.
In some springs of water if you put wood, it will turn into the nature of stone. Francis Bacon.
His soul esteem
Sticks no dishonour on our front, but turns
Foul on himself. John Milton.Forthwith from dance to sweet repast they turn. John Milton.
The peaceful banks which profound silence keep,
The little boat securely passes by
But where with noise the waters creep,
Turn off with care, for treacherous rocks are near. John Norris.
Wikipedia
Turn
Turn was Feeders third UK single to be taken from the Echo Park album. It reached number 27 in the UK Singles Chart and led to Echo Park re-entering the top 75 due to the pre-release airplay and stocking of the single on release week. It was also the band's third successive top 30 single, the first time this had happened in their career. The track called "Come Back Around" on CD1 is not the same song as the single from Comfort in Sound, released a year later but a totally different song. When "Come Back Around" was mentioned as a new single, there was an initial confusion among fans thinking it was a new version of the same song. The title track related to Grant Nicholas's experiences of being away while on tour.
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Turn
A turn can refer to a change in direction, position, or course. It can be applied to various contexts such as a physical movement, a change in perspective, a shift in behavior or actions, or a moment of decision or transition. In essence, a turn implies a deviation or alteration from the previous state or direction.
Webster Dictionary
Turnverb
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
Turnverb
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
Turnverb
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
Turnverb
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
Turnverb
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
Turnverb
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
Turnverb
hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt
Turnverb
to translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad
Turnverb
to make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly
Turnverb
to sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach
Turnverb
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
Turnverb
hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact
Turnverb
to result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue
Turnverb
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
Turnverb
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
Turnverb
to undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well
Turnverb
to become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc
Turnverb
to become giddy; -- said of the head or brain
Turnverb
to be nauseated; -- said of the stomach
Turnverb
to become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales
Turnverb
to change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide
Turnverb
to bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery
Turnverb
to invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted
Turnnoun
the act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel
Turnnoun
change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide
Turnnoun
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
Turnnoun
a circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll
Turnnoun
successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time
Turnnoun
incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn
Turnnoun
convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn
Turnnoun
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
Turnnoun
a change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn
Turnnoun
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
Turnnoun
a round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat
Turnnoun
a pit sunk in some part of a drift
Turnnoun
a court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county
Turnnoun
monthly courses; menses
Turnnoun
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 /
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Turn
Turn are an Irish band.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Turn
turn, v.i. to whirl round: to hinge: to depend: to issue: to take a different direction or tendency: to become by a change, hence to rebel: to return: to be fickle: to result: to be shaped on the lathe: to sour: to become giddy: to be nauseated: to change from ebb to flow or from flow to ebb: to become inclined in the other direction.—v.t. to cause to revolve: to reverse: to pass round: to direct, apply: to send, drive: to fold, remake: to translate: to make sour: to change the position or the direction of: to nauseate, to make giddy: to direct the mind to: to infatuate or make mad: to cause to return with profit: to transfer: to convert: to form in a lathe: to shape: to round: to adapt: to blunt.—n. act of turning: new direction or tendency, disposition: a walk to and fro: chance: a turning-point, crisis: (mus.) a melodic embellishment, consisting of a principal tone with two auxiliary tones lying respectively next above and below it: a spell of work, a job: (coll.) a nervous shock: change: a winding: a bend: form: manner: opportunity, convenience: act of kindness or malice: a type turned upside down, owing to a temporary want of the proper letter.—ns. Turn′about, a merry-go-round; Turn′back, the strap from the hames to the hip-strap; Turn′buckle, a form of coupling so arranged as to regulate the length or tension of the connected parts; Turn′-cap, a chimney-cowl rotating on a vertical axis; Turn′coat, one who turns his coat—that is, abandons his principles or party; Turn′cock, one who turns on the water for the mains, regulates the fire-plugs, &c., of a water company.—adj. Turn′-down, folded down.—ns. Turn′er, one who, or that which, turns: a tumbler, gymnast, esp. a member of the German Turnvereine or gymnastic bodies, instituted by F. L. Jahn in 1811; Turn′ery, art of turning or of shaping by a lathe: things made by a turner, also the place where these are made: ornamentation by means of the lathe; Turn′ing, a winding: deviation from the proper course: turnery, the art of shaping wood, metal, ivory, or other hard substances into forms having a curved (generally circular or oval) transverse section, and also of engraving figures composed of curved lines upon a smooth surface, by means of a turning-lathe: (mil.) a manœuvre for turning an enemy's position: in pottery, the shaping of a vase: (pl.) chips; Turn′ing-lathe, a lathe used by turners; Turn′ing-point, the point on which a question turns, and which decides the case: a grave and critical period; Turn′ing-rest, a support on a lathe serving as a fulcrum for a hand turning-tool; Turn′ing-saw, a thin-bladed saw contrived for cutting curved wood for chair-backs, &c.—also Sweep-saw, Frame-saw, Scroll-saw; Turn′ing-steel, a piece of hard bar-steel for turning the edge of a tool, &c.; Turn′ing-tool, a tool for shaping the cutting edges of the tools used in seal-engraving; Turn′key, one who turns the keys in a prison: a warder; Turn′-out, the act of coming forth: a strike: a striker: a crowd of spectators: a carriage and its horses: quantity of produce yielded.—adj. Turn′over, made to be turned over or reversed.—n. act of turning over, upset, overthrow: a small pie made by turning half of the circular crust over the other which has been covered with fruit, &c.: an apprentice turned over to a new master to complete his apprenticeship: the total amount of the sales in a business for a specified time.—ns. Turn′pike, a gate set across a road to stop those liable to toll: a turnpike-road—originally a frame consisting of two cross-bars armed with pikes, and turning on a post; Turn′pike-man, a man who collects tolls at a tollgate; Turn′pike-road, a road on which turnpikes or tollgates are established; Turn′-screw, a screw-driver; Turn′skin, a werewolf; Turn′spit, one who turns a spit: a person engaged in some menial occupation: a long-bodied, short-legged dog employed to drive a wheel by which roasting-spits were turned—closely allied to the Dachshund (q.v.); Turn′stile, a revolving frame in a footpath which prevents the passage of cattle, but allows the passage of one person at a time; Turn′stile-reg′ister, a device for recording the number of persons passing through a turnstile; Turn′stone, a small grallatorial bird, intermediate between the true plovers and sandpipers, so called from its habit of turning over pebbles on the beach in search of food; Turn′-ta′ble (same as Traverse-table); Turn′-up, a disturbance: something that appears unexpectedly.—Turn about, to move the face or front to another quarter; Turn about, Turn and turn about, alternately; Turn a, or the, corner (see Corner); Turn a deaf ear to, to ignore; Turn adrift, to unmoor and let float away: to cast off; Turn again, to return: to make a stand; Turn against, to use to the injury of: to render hostile: to rebel against; Turn an enemy's flank, line, or position, to manœuvre so as to attack an enemy in the rear: to outwit; Turn a penny (see Penny); Turn around one's finger, to make any one subservient to one's will; Turn aside, to avert; to deviate: to avert the face; Turn away, to dismiss from service, to discharge: to avert, to look in another direction: to deviate, to depart from; Turn back, to cause to retreat: to return; Turn down, to double or fold down: to hide the face of: to lessen or lower; Turn forth, to expel; Turn in, to bend inward: to enter: (coll.) to go to bed; Turn into, to become by a process of change; Turn off, to deviate: to dismiss: to divert: to complete, achieve by labour: to shut off: (slang) to hang; Turn on, to set running (as water): to depend on: to confront in fight; Turn one's hand to, to apply one's self; Turn one's head, or brain, to make one giddy: to fill with pride or conceit; Turn out, to drive out, to expel: to put to pasture (as cattle): to make for market or for use: to project: to prove in the result: to muster: to leave one's work to take part in a strike: (coll.) to get out of bed; Turn over, to roll over: to change sides: to sell goods to the amount of: to examine by turning the leaves; Turn round, to reverse one's position or party; Turn the back, to flee, to retreat; Turn the back upon, to quit with contempt, to forsake; Turn the edge of, to blunt; Turn the scale, to decide, determine; Turn the stomach, to nauseate; Turn to, to have recourse to: to point to: to result in; Turn turtle (see Turtle); Turn up, to point upwards: to appear, happen: place with face up: to bring the point uppermost: to refer to in a book; Turn upon, to cast back upon, retort; Turn upside down, to throw into complete confusion.—Be turned of, to have advanced beyond—of age; By turns, one after another: at intervals; Ill turn, an injurious act: a change for the worse; In turn, in order of succession; Not to turn a hair, to be quite undisturbed or unaffected; On the turn, at the turning-point, changing; Serve a turn, to answer the purpose; Take one's turn, to occupy one's allotted place; Take turns, to take each the other's place alternately; To a turn, exactly, perfectly. [A.S. tyrnan; Ger. turnen; Fr. tourner; all from L. tornāre, to turn in a lathe—tornus, a turner's wheel—Gr. tornos.]
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Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
turn
That which is done by succession. Tour of duty, turn to go on duty.
turn
To give another direction, tendency, or inclination; to direct otherwise; to deflect. To turn a hostile army, to turn the enemy’s flank, and the like, to pass round and take a position behind it, or upon the side of it. To turn tail, to retreat ignominiously.
Editors Contribution
turn
To move in a specific direction.
They did turn towards each other and affirm their wedding vows to each other.
Submitted by MaryC on March 5, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TURN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Turn is ranked #120901 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Turn surname appeared 143 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Turn.
76.2% or 109 total occurrences were White.
6.9% or 10 total occurrences were Black.
6.2% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
4.9% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'turn' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #860
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'turn' in Written Corpus Frequency: #462
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'turn' in Nouns Frequency: #547
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'turn' in Verbs Frequency: #42
Anagrams for turn »
runt
trun
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of turn in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of turn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of turn in a Sentence
You can turn your volume down if you wish, but I'll give it a shot.
Could I finish? You'll have your turn.
Patrick Cronin of Springfield:
I can't believe our state was decided by a coin flip, i want to see it turn blue.
Hopefully there’s a pivot and a change, but nobody’s seeing it right now, and that’s why they’re sitting at 38% approval, i’d have to give them a failing grade, and they’re going to need a lot of work to turn this around.
You must know that in any moment a decision you make can change the course of your life forever: the very next person stand behind in line or sit next to on an airplane, the very next phone call you make or receive, the very next movie you see or book you read or page you turn could be the one single thing that causes the floodgates to open, and all of the things that you've been waiting for to fall into place.
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Translations for turn
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- دور, لفArabic
- редуване, смяна, развалям се, променям, прокисвам, стругувамBulgarian
- girarCatalan, Valencian
- obrat, otočit, točit, zahnoutCzech
- suroWelsh
- tur, snoning, bøjning, anfald, omdrejning, tilbøjelighed, ildebefindende, drejning, dobbeltslag, omgang, blive, vende, sur, dreje, vende sig mod, forvandleDanish
- Zug, an der Reihe sein, Windung, Drehung, Umdrehung, Doppelschlag, dran sein, abwechseln, drehen, verwandeln, werden, drechseln, abbiegen, biegen, wenden, sich verfärben, sich verwandelnGerman
- σειρά, περιστροφή, στροφή, απογίνομαι, κλείνω, γίνομαι, γυρίζωGreek
- turno, girar, rebelar, volverSpanish
- pöörlema, pöördumaEstonian
- kierros, avokortti, kohtaus, käännös, vuoro, mutka, tyyppi, pyörähdys, teko, muutos, turn, toimitusaika, kääntyä, sorvata, muuttua, vastaan, kääntää, pilaantua, pyöriäFinnish
- tour, tourner, devenirFrench
- sníomh, iompaigh, éirigh, cas, deilIrish
- car, turas, cuairt, tionndadh, tionndaidhScottish Gaelic
- xirar, virarGalician
- मोड़Hindi
- fordít, forogHungarian
- օյին, հերթ, պտույտ, թեքվել, շրջել, դառնալ, պտտվել, շրջվել, պտտելArmenian
- belok, berbelok, berpalingIndonesian
- beygja, snúaIcelandic
- svolta, giro, periodo, mutamento, turno, lasso di tempo, spira, tipo, sterzata, spirale, lasso, china, virata, variazione, cambiamento, svoltare, completare, invertire, trasformare, ruotare, diventare, mutare, girare, divenire, virare, compiere, cambiareItalian
- 巻き, 転機, 番, 工数, 回転, 転落, 裏返す, 変える, 紅葉つ, 謀反を起こす, 腐る, 変わる, 変質する, 反逆する, 翻す, 曲る, 回る, 紅葉ずJapanese
- 돌다Korean
- سوڕاندن, نۆره, خولانهوه, نۆبه, سوڕانهوه, سوڕاندن, قهدکردن, ئاوڕدانKurdish
- vertō, torqueōLatin
- правам, постанувам, навршувам, полнамMacedonian
- pusing, putarkan, belok, belokkan, pusingkan, putarMalay
- ချိုး, လှည့်Burmese
- omwenteling, draai, beurt, winding, bocht, verkleuren, worden, draaien, afslaan, zich keren tegenDutch
- vridning, sving, etter tur, tur, omdreining, vending, dreie, snu, svinge, forvandle, skru, endre, tørne, vende, bli, snurreNorwegian
- تاوول, اړولPashto, Pushto
- turno, espira, giro, prazo, girada, jogada, virada, vez, virar, tornear, tornar-se, girar, estragar, rebelar-sePortuguese
- girarRomansh
- învârtiRomanian
- ход, оборот, поворот, очередь, виток, восстать, поворачивать, стать, завершить, свернуть, вращать, повернуть, повернуться, наточить, вертеться, превратиться, крутить, сворачивать, крутиться, сворачиваться, поворачиваться, восставать, точить, свернуться, вращаться, превращаться, вертеть, становиться, завершатьRussian
- turas om, tur, svarva, gå emotSwedish
- వంతు, తిరుగు, తిప్పు, తిరగబడుTelugu
- เลี้ยวThai
- tur, sıra, dönmek, döndürmekTurkish
- поворотUkrainian
- موڑUrdu
- flekönVolapük
- דרייעןYiddish
- 轉Chinese
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