Sekirov Dictionary

turn

UK /tɜːn/US /tɜɹn/

verb 38
noun 23
forms 9
phrases 20

verb38

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to go around its own center, as a wheel or a key does
- the Earth turns
To make a non-linear physical movement.
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To change one's direction of travel.
- She turned right at the corner.
Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
To change condition or attitude.
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To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- The leaves turn brown in autumn.
- When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty.
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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.
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To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- Midas made everything turn to gold.
- He turned into a monster every full moon.
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To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- How long ago was he turned?
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To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- Bruce Banner turns when he is angry: he becomes the Hulk, an incredibly powerful green monster.
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(slang, offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- We may not be made gay or lesbian in the sense of being “turned” by some error in parenting or child rearing, but we are certainly biologically made and raised (most of us) by straights. — 2009
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To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- Turn the knob clockwise.
To navigate through a book or other printed material.
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To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- The prisoners turned on the warden.
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To hinge; to depend.
- The decision turns on a single fact.
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To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- turn the bed covers
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To sicken; to nauseate.
- The sight turned my stomach.
To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
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To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- This milk has turned; it smells awful.
To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
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To twist or sprain.
- I fell off my bike and turned my ankle severely.
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To make (money); turn a profit.
- We turned a pretty penny with that little scheme.
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To direct or impel (something) into or out of a place.
- Add sugar and butter, then turn the mixture into a dish.
- The farmer turned the cows into a field.
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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.
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To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- […]the Poets pen turnes them to shapes,[…] — 1595
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To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- Ivory turns well.
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To carve vegetables into uniform barrel-like or American football-like shapes.
- The hardest part of culinary school was learning to turn vegetables perfectly.
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[with oneself] To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- And they made a calfe in those dayes / and offered sacrifice vnto the ymage / and reioysed in the workes of theyr awne hondes. / Then God turned hym silfe / and gave them vp /[…] — 1526
To change personal condition.
To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
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To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- Ile looke no more, / Least my braine turne,[…] — 1603
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To complete.
- They say they can turn the parts in two days.
Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
To magically or divinely repel undead.
To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
(old-fashioned) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
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(no longer used) To translate.
- who turns a Persian tale for half a crown — 1735

noun23

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A change of direction or orientation.
- Give the handle a turn, then pull it.
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A chance to use something shared in sequence with others.
- They took turns playing with the new toy.
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A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- I cooked tonight, so it's your turn to do the dishes.
One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
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The transition from one period or era, or hour on the clock, to another.
- […] by cajolery and innuendo she had persuaded him to go to the picture palace to be cheered up, and as it was now on the turn of eleven he might be expected back at any moment. — 1923
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A change in temperament or circumstance.
- She took a turn for the worse.
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A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- One good turn deserves another.
- I felt that the man was of a vindictive nature, and would do me an evil turn if he found the opportunity[…].
A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
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A fit or a period of giddiness.
- I've had a funny turn.
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A walk to and fro.
- Let's take a turn in the garden.
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A short skit, act, or routine.
- Between the pieces were individual turns, comic songs and dances. — 1960
A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
A single loop of a coil.
A pass behind or through an object.
The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
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The time required to complete a project.
- They quote a three-day turn on parts like those.
An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
Character; personality; nature.
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.
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(UK, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- There are usually at least two jobbers who specialise in the leading stocks, and this acts to keep the jobber's turn to a reasonable amount […] — 1977
(old-fashioned) A type turned upside down to serve for another character that is not available.
(no longer used) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.

forms

turn'd · turned · turnt · turnedst · yturned · turning · turneth · turns · turnest

Phrases with turn

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