Dictionary Definition
turn
Noun
2 the act of changing or reversing the direction
of the course; "he took a turn to the right" [syn: turning]
3 the activity of doing something in an agreed
succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" [syn: play]
4 an unforeseen development; "events suddenly
took an awkward turn" [syn: turn of
events, twist]
5 a movement in a new direction; "the turning of
the wind" [syn: turning]
6 turning away or in the opposite direction; "he
made an abrupt turn away from her"
7 turning or twisting around (in place); "with a
quick twist of his head he surveyed the room" [syn: twist]
8 a time for working (after which you will be
relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn:
go, spell, tour]
10 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" [syn: act,
routine, number, bit]
11 a favor for someone; "he did me a good turn"
[syn: good
turn]
12 taking a short walk out and back; "we took a
turn in the park"
Verb
1 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"
2 undergo a change or development; "The water
turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He
turned traitor" [syn: become]
3 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"
[syn: change
state]
4 cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key";
"turn your palm this way"
5 pass into a condition gradually, take on a
specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty";
"She grew angry" [syn: grow]
6 to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd
at the gate of the governor's mansion"
7 pass to the other side of; "turn the corner";
"move around the obstacle" [syn: move
around]
8 move around an axis or a center; "The wheels
are turning"
9 cause to move around a center so as to show
another side of; "turn a page of a book" [syn: turn
over]
10 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" [syn: change
by reversal, reverse]
11 to break and turn over earth especially with a
plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the
earth in the Spring" [syn: plow, plough]
12 change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn
early"
13 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"
14 let (something) fall or spill a container;
"turn the flour onto a plate" [syn: release]
15 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" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, wrick, rick]
16 shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device
or a wheel; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the
wheel"
17 go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The
wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" [syn:
sour, ferment, work]
18 accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault";
"turn cartwheels"
19 get by buying and selling; "the company turned
a good profit after a year"
20 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"
21 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"
22 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" [syn: flex, bend, deform, twist] [ant: unbend]
23 alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the
dial to 10"; "turn the heat down"
24 direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me";
"They turned their flashlights on the car"
25 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" [syn: call on]
26 become officially one year older; "She is
turning 50 this year"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Homophones
Verb
- Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- the Earth turns
- turn on the spot
- the Earth turns
- To change the direction or orientation of.
- Turn the knob clockwise.
- To change one's direction of travel.
- Turn right here.
- To position (something) by folding it.
- Turn the bed covers.
- To become.
- The leaves turn brown in autumn.
- When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty.
- The leaves turn brown in autumn.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- The prisoners turned on the warden.
- 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.
- To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- This milk has turned; it smells awful.
- To complete.
- They say they can turn the parts in two days.
- In the context of "transitive|cricket": Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- In the context of "intransitive|cricket": Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- In the context of "professional wrestling|intransitive": To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
Synonyms
italbrac nauticalDerived terms
Translations
move around an axis through itself
- Danish: dreje
- Dutch: draaien
- Finnish: pyöriä, kääntyä
- French: tourner
- Italian: girare
- Japanese: 回る
- Kurdish: italbrac of a human
- Russian: вращаться (vraš'át's'a) ; вертеться (v'ert'ét's'a) ; поворачиваться (povoráčivat's'a), повернуться (pov'ernút's'a) ; крутиться (krutít's'a)
- Spanish: girar
change the direction or orientation of
(something)
change one's direction of travel
- Danish: dreje
- Dutch: afslaan
- Finnish: kääntyä
- French: tourner
- Italian: tornare
- Japanese: 曲る
- Russian: поворачивать (povoráčivat') , повернуть (pov'ernút')
- Spanish: girar
position (something) by folding it back on
itself
- Finnish: kääntää
- Japanese: 裏返す, 翻す
- Kurdish:
- Russian: сворачивать (svoráčivat') , свернуть (sv'ernút') ;
become
- Bulgarian: променям
- Danish: blive, forvandle sig
- Dutch: worden
- Finnish: muuttua
- French: devenir
- Hungarian: fordít
- Italian: divenire, diventare
- Japanese: 変わる
- Old English: wendan, hweorfan
- Russian: становиться (stanovít's'a) , стать (stat') ; превращаться (pr'evraš'át's'a) , превратиться (pr'evratít's'a)
- Spanish: volverse
rebel
- Danish: vende sig mod
- Dutch: zich keren tegen
- Finnish: kääntyä jotakin vastaan
- Japanese: 反逆する, 謀反を起こす
- Russian: восставать (vosstavát') , восстать (vosstát')
- Spanish: rebelarse
- Swedish: gå emot
shape (something) on a lathe
go bad
- Bulgarian: развалям се (razvaljam se), прокисвам (prokisvam)
- Danish: blive sur
- Finnish: pilaantua
- German: umkippen
- Japanese: 変質する, 腐る
- Russian: сворачиваться (svoráčivat's'a) , свернуться (sv'ernút's'a)
in cricket, make the ball move sideways when it
bounces
of a cricket ball, to move sideways when it
bounces
in professional wrestling, to change
personalities
- ttbc Albanian: kthen
- ttbc Arabic:
- ttbc Bulgarian: въртя (vǎrtja), завъртам (zavǎrtam)
- ttbc Catalan: girar
- ttbc Chinese: 轉動, 转动 (zhuǎndòng)
- ttbc Croatian: obrnuti, obrtati, okrenuti
- ttbc Dutch: keren
- ttbc Esperanto: turni
- ttbc German: drehen, wenden
- ttbc Hungarian: fordul, megfordul, kanyarodik
- ttbc Ido: turnar
- ttbc Hungarian: fordít
- ttbc Irish: cas, cor, fill
- ttbc Korean: 돌다 (dolda)
- ttbc Old English: wendan, hweorfan
- ttbc Portuguese: girar
- ttbc Slovene: obrniti
- ttbc Spanish: girar, doblar
- ttbc Swedish: vrida
- ttbc Swedish: vända
- ttbc Telugu: తిప్పు (tippu), తిరుగు (tirugu), చుట్టు (chuTTu)
Noun
- A change of direction or orientation.
- Give the handle a turn, then pull it.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- A single loop of a coil.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- They took turns playing with the new toy.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- 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.
- (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
- They quote a three-day turn on parts like those.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- I've had a funny turn.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- She took a turn for the worse.
- A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight)
- The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- In the context of "poker|obsolete": The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em
- In the context of "electricity": the basic coil element that forms a single conducting loop comprised of one insulated conductor.
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also turning- Buggins' turn
- bad turn
- good turn
- give someone a turn
- in turn
- take a turn for the worse
- take it in turns
- take turns
- turn of events
- turn of the century
- turn of the year
Translations
change of direction or orientation
movement about an axis ending up with the same
orientation
- Danish: omdrejning
- Dutch: omwenteling
- Finnish: kierros, pyörähdys
- Greek: περιστροφή
- Japanese: 回転
- Kurdish: ,
- Russian: оборот
single loop of a coil
- Danish: snoning
- Dutch: winding
- Finnish: kierros
- Japanese: 巻き
- Russian: виток
chance to use (something) shared in sequence
with others
one's chance to make a move in a game
- Danish: tur
- Dutch: beurt
- Finnish: vuoro
- Greek: σειρά
- Japanese: 番
- Kurdish: ,
- Russian: ход (χod)
figure in music
- Danish: dobbeltslag
time required to complete a project
- Finnish: toimitusaika
- Japanese: 工数
fit or period of giddiness
- Danish: anfald , ildebefindende
- Finnish: kohtaus
change in temperament or circumstance
- Danish: tilbøjelighed
- Finnish: muutos
- Japanese: 転機; (on a bad case) 転落
sideways movement of a cricket ball
fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em
(electric) the basic coil element that forms a
single conducting loop comprised of one insulated conductor
Derived terms
See also
Dutch
Verb
turn- first-person singular present tense of turnen
Icelandic
Noun
turnNorwegian
Noun
no-noun-mu turnRomanian
Etymology
TurmPronunciation
Extensive Definition
Turn may refer to:
In music:
- Turn (album), by Great Big Sea
- Turn (band), an Irish rock group
- "Turn" (Feeder song)
- Turn (music), a sequence of several notes next to each other in the scale
- Turn Records, an independent record label based in Santa Clara, California
- "Turn" (song), by Travis
- Turn (The Ex album), by The Ex
- Turn LP, the self-titled album by Turn
In other uses:
- Turn (biochemistry), an element of secondary structure in proteins
- Turn (game), a segment of a game
- Turn (geometry), an angular unit equal to 360°
- Turn (knot), a component of a knot
- Turn (poker), the fourth of five community cards
- Turn (Policy Debate), an argument that proves the opposite
- Turn (professional wrestling)
- Traversal Using Relay NAT, a data-transfer protocol
See also
- Tern (disambiguation)
- Tourn, the patrol circuit made by sheriffs in medieval England
turn in Dutch: Draaien
turn in Russian: Вираж
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Charybdis, Platonic form,
Platonic idea, S-curve, a thing for, aberrancy, aberration, about ship,
about-face, access,
acciaccatura,
accommodation,
accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, act of grace, act of kindness,
acta, action, activate, adapt, adaptation, addle, adjustment, adventure, advert to,
aesthetic form, affinity, afterpiece, agiotage, aim, aim at, air, airing, alienate, all the time,
alter, alteration, alternate, alternately, always, ambit, amble, ameliorate, amelioration, an ear for,
an eye for, anamorphism, anamorphosis, anchor watch,
angle, angle off, animus, apostasy, appeal to, appear, apply, apply to, appoggiatura, aptitude, aptness, arabesque, arbitrage, arc, arch, archetype, arise, arouse, arrive, arsis, art form, assail, assemble, asymmetry, at every turn,
attack, attend, avert, axe, back and fill, backing, backsliding, bad turn,
balk, bate, be changed, be contingent on,
be converted into, be here again, be hostile to, be renewed,
bear, bear away, bear off,
bear to starboard, bearing, beat, beat about, beat back, beat
it, become, bend, bend back, bend to, bending, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benignity, bent, betray, betterment, bias, bit, blessing, block, blow, blunt, bolt, boon, bore, bottom out, bout, bow, bowing, box off, branch off,
branching off, break,
break back, bring about, bring out, bring over, bring round, bring
to light, brow, buckle, buckle down, build, bump, business deal, buying in, by
turns, cadence, cadenza, call off, campaign, cant, cant round, capacity for,
capsize, carriage, cashier, cast, cast about, chance, change, change back, change
course, change into, change of heart, change the bearing, change
the heading, changeableness, character, chaser, check, checker, chop, chop and change, circle, circuit, circuitousness, circulate, circulation, circumrotate, circumvolute, circumvolution, climacteric, clutch, coil, coin, color, coloratura, come, come about, come across, come
again, come and go, come around, come into, come round, come round
again, come up, come up again, commercial transaction, complexion, conatus, concern, concoct, conduce, conduciveness, configuration, conflexure, conformation, consider, constantly, constitution, constitutional, construct, construction, constructive
change, continuity,
contort, contortion, contribute, convergence of
events, conversion,
convert, cool off,
corkscrew, corner, countenance, coup, course, courtesy, crack, crank, create, crinkle, crisis, critical juncture,
critical point, crook,
crookedness, crop
up, crossroads,
crucial period, crumple,
crunch, cry back,
curdle, curl, curtain, curtain call, curtain
raiser, curve, cut, cut and run, cycle, day shift, deactivate, deal, dealings, decay, declination, decline, decurve, deed, defection, deflect, deflection, defy, degenerate, degeneration, degenerative
change, delight,
deliver, demeanor, deny, depart, depart from, departure, depend, depend on, depress, derange, deteriorate, deterioration, determine, detorsion, detour, detract, develop, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, device, deviousness, diastole, diathesis, difference, diffract, diffuse, dig up, digress, digression, direct, direction, directionize, disaffect, disclose, discompose, discontinue, discontinuity, discover, discursion, disedge, disenchant, disenchantment, disgust, disillusion, dismiss, disorder, disperse, displease, dispose, disposition, disproportion, disservice, distort, distortion, divagate, divagation, divaricate, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversification,
diversify, diversion, diversity, divert, divertimento, divertissement, division, dizzy round, do a
flip-flop, do an about-face, dogleg, dogwatch, doing, doings, dome, double, double a point, downbeat, draw the teeth,
dress, drift, drifting, drive, drive back, dull, eagerness, ebb and flow,
eccentricity,
eddy, effort, eject, embellishment, embow, emergency, employ, endeavor, energize, enterprise, epilogue, equip, equity capital, errantry, eventuate, everywhere, evict, evolve, exchange, excite, excursion, excursus, exigency, exode, exodus, exorbitation, expedition, expel, exploit, expose, expository scene,
express, extinguish, extremity, fabricate, face, facial appearance, faculty, fait accompli, fancy, fascination, fashion, favor, feat, feature, features, feeling for, felicity, fend off, fetch
about, figuration,
figure, finale, find, finger, fioritura, fire, fit, fit out, fitting, fix, fix on, flair, flection, flee, flex, flexure, flier, flight, flip-flop, flop, flounder, flourish, fluctuate, flutter, forced march, form, format, formation, formulate, frame, fright, full circle, full time,
garb, geanticline, genius, genius for, genre, geosyncline, gest, gift for, gimmick, give back, give in,
gnarl, go, go about, go around, go back, go
bad, go into, go off, go round, go through phases, go to bed, go to
sleep, good deed, good offices, good turn, grace, grace note, gradual change,
grain, grand tour,
graveyard shift, guise,
gurge, gybe, gyrate, gyration, gyre, hairpin, hairpin turn, half
time, hand, hand in, hand
over, handiwork,
hang, happen, hark back, harm, haul around, have a tendency,
have recourse to, head,
heave round, heel, hike, hinge, hinge on, hit upon, hoke
act, hold a heading, hold on, hook, hump, hunch, idiosyncrasy, imbalance, impassion, impression, improperly, improve, improvement, imprudently, in rotation, in
succession, in turn, inappropriately,
incidental,
incidental note, inclination, incline, incurvate, incurve, indirection, indiscreetly, individualism, inflect, inflection, inform on,
injury, innate aptitude,
inner form, inning,
innings, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermit, interpretation, intort, introduction, inverse, invert, irregularity, jar, jaunt, jibe, job, jolt, journey, junket, keel over, kick out,
kidney, kind deed, kind
offices, kindly act, kindness, knack, knock over, knot, knuckle down, labor of love,
lap, lapse, layout, lead, lean, leaning, level at, liability, liking, lineaments, lines, liquidation, lobster trick,
long mordent, look to, looks, loop, lopsidedness, lurch, maelstrom, make, make over, make up, makeup, maneuver, manner, manufacture, march, matrix, meander, measure, meet, meliorate, melioration, mental set,
merchandise,
mercy, mettle, mien, mind, mind-set, miss stays,
mitigate, mitigation, mitzvah, modality, mode, model, modification, modify, modulate, modulation, mold, mordent, moulder, move, mush, mutate, mutation, mutiny, mutual affinity, mutual
attraction, nature,
nauseate, negotiation, night shift,
number, obligation, oblique, obliquity, obtund, occur, offend, offer, office, operation, opportunity, orbit, ornament, oscillate, oust, out of order, out of turn,
outing, overt act,
overthrow, overtime, overturn, oxbow, package deal, package tour,
parade, parry, part time, partiality, pass, pass into, passage, pattern, penchant, pendulate, peregrination, pererration, performance, peripatetic
journey, peripateticism, physiognomy, pick up,
pilgrimage, pinch, pirouette, pitch in, pivot, pivot about, place, pleasure trip, plunge, ply, point, point at, point to, ponder
over, pop up, port,
posture, pralltriller, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, presence, present, prevent, probability, proceeding, proclivity, produce, production, proffer, profit taking, progress, prologue, promenade, proneness, propensity, prototype, prove, pull, pulsate, pulse, push, put, put about, put back, put off,
put out, put together, putrefy, qualification, quirk, radical change, ramble, rambling, rat race,
re-creation, readiness, realignment, reappear, rebel, rebuff, recidivation, recidivism, reciprocally, reclamation, reconversion, recur, recurve, redesign, redound to, reel, refashion, refer to, reflect, reflection, reflex, reform, reformation, refract, refuse, regress, regression, rehabilitation, reinstatement, reject, relapse, relate to, relay, relief, remaking, remodel, renewal, reoccur, reorganize, repeat, repel, repress, repulse, res gestae, reshape, reshaping, resort to, restitution, restoration, restructuring, result, retire, retrocession, retroflex, retrogradation, retrogression, retroversion, retund, return, returning, reveal, reversal, reverse, reversion, revert, reverting, revival, revive, revivification, revolt, revolution, revolve, revulsion, rick, ride, rig out, right-about, ring
the changes, roll, roll
around, rot, rotate, rotation, roulade, round, round a bend, round a
corner, round a point, round trade, round trip, rounds, routine, rub, rubberneck tour, run, run away, sack, safari, sag, sally, saunter, say, scallop, scalping, scare, scatter, scene, schlep, scoot, scram, screw, seesaw, seizure, sell, sensitivity to, sequentially, series, serpentine, serve, service, set, set in motion, set toward, set
upon, shape, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course,
shifting path, shock,
shoot, shot, show a tendency, show up,
shtick, shuffle, sicken, sight on, significant
form, single mordent, sinuosity, skedaddle, sketch, skew, skit, slant, slew, slink, slipping back, slue, snake, soft spot, song and dance,
sour, speculation, spell, spin, spiral, split schedule, split
shift, spoil, spot sale,
sprain, spring, stagger, stalk, stamp, stance, stand, stand-up comedy act,
start, start up, steer, step, stimulate, stint, stockjobbery, stockjobbing, stop, strain, strait, straying, streak, stretch, stripe, striptease, stroke, stroll, structure, stunt, style, submit, successively, sudden
change, sunrise watch, surface, surge, surprise, surrender, susceptibility, swag, sway, sweep, swerve, swerving, swing, swing round, swing shift,
swing the stern, swinging, swirl, switch, switch off, switch on,
swivel, sympathy, systole, tack, take a turn, take off, take
turns, take up, talent,
teeter, teeter-totter,
tell on, temper, temperament, tend, tend to go, tendency, tender, tenor, terminate, thesis, thing, thing done, thrill, throw about, throw out,
thwart, time, time at bat, titillate, tone, torsion, tortuosity, total change,
totter, tour, tour de force, tour of duty,
train, train upon,
traipse, traits, tramp, transaction, transform, transition, transplace, transpose, trek, trend, trick, trip, tropism, trudge, turn a corner, turn a
pirouette, turn about, turn against, turn around, turn aside, turn
away, turn awry, turn back, turn down, turn for, turn in, turn
into, turn of mind, turn of work, turn off, turn on, turn out, turn
over, turn round, turn tail, turn the corner, turn to, turn turtle,
turn up, turn upon, turn upside down, turnabout, turning, turning point, twine, twirl, twist, twist and turn, type, unbalance, uncover, undergo a change,
undertaking,
undo, undulate, unearth, unhinge, unsettle, unsymmetry, upbeat, upheaval, upset, use, vacillate, variation, variety, vary, vault, veer, veer around, venture, venture capital,
verge, vibrate, violent change,
visage, volte-face,
vortex, voyage, walk, walking tour, wamble, wandering, warp, watch, waver, wax and wane, way, weaken, weakness, wear, wear ship, weave, whack, wheel, wheel about, wheel around,
whip, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl, willingness, wind, withdraw, wobble, work, work shift, work toward, work
up, works, worm, worsen, worsening, wrench, wrest, wring, writhe, wrong, yaw, yield, zigzag