Overview of noun turn_over

The noun turnover has 4 senses

• employee turnover, turnover rate, turnover -- (the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers)


• turnover -- (a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling)


• dollar volume, turnover -- (the volume measured in dollars; "the store's dollar volume continues to rise")


• upset, overturn, turnover -- (the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed")

Overview of verb turn_over

The verb turn over has 9 senses

• pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give -- (place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers")


• overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over -- (cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer")


• roll, turn over -- (move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side")


• dig, delve, cut into, turn over -- (turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration")


• turn over -- (do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year")


• turn, turn over -- (cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book")


• overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over -- (turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over")


• flip, flip over, turn over -- (turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes")


• consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate -- (think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind")