Overview of verb turn

The verb turn has 26 senses

• turn -- (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, turn -- (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, turn -- (undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor")


• turn -- (cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way")


• change by reversal, turn, reverse -- (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 around -- (pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle")


• turn, grow -- (pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry")


• turn, release -- (let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate")


• turn -- (move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning")


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


• turn -- (to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion")


• plow, plough, turn -- (to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring")


• turn -- (shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel")


• turn -- (change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early")


• twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick -- (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")


• turn -- (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")


• turn -- (accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels")


• turn -- (get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year")


• turn -- (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")


• turn -- (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, turn -- (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")


• turn -- (alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down")


• turn -- (direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car")


• call on, turn -- (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, work -- (go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out")


• turn -- (become officially one year older; "She is turning 50 this year")

Overview of adj turned

The adj turned has 2 senses

• turned -- (moved around an axis or center)


• off, sour, turned -- (in an unpalatable state; "sour milk")