Etymology: [ t&rn ] (verb.) before 12th century. From Middle English turnen, from Old English turnian, tyrnan "to turn" and Old French torner, both from Latin tornāre, present active infinitive of tornō (“I round off, turn in a lathe”), from tornus (“lathe”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tornos, “a tool used for making circles”).
Synonyms: rotate, spin, twirl, steer, swerve, tack, become, get, go, rebel, revolt, lathe, go bad, go off, sour, spoil, complete, rotation, full
Antonyms: stagnation, failure, miss, inability, make well
To change one's direction of travel, To become (begin to be), To change the direction or orientation of, Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself, To fundamentally change; to metamorphose, To position (something) by folding it, To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated, Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn, Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn, 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, Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time, Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide, A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn, 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, A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll, taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park", To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass around by turning; as, to turn a corner, The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel, turning away or in the opposite direction; "he made an abrupt turn away from her", Monthly courses; menses, A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county, A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat, A pit sunk in some part of a drift, 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, To become acid; to sour; said of milk, ale, etc, Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact, To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue, 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, 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, Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt, 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, 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, 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, To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well, To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; said of the tide, To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery, To become inclined in the other direction; said of scales, To be nauseated; said of the stomach, the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right", To become giddy; said of the head or brain, To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted, direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car", Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces, To change ones direction of travel, taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park" turning away or in the opposite direction; "he made an abrupt turn away from her" the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right" the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" a favor for someone; "he did me a good turn" an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn" (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" become officially one year older; "She is turning 50 this year" change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early" direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car" alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down" let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate" shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel" 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" pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle" 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" to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion" cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book" cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way" 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" move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning" get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year" accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels" 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, 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, get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year", accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels", To sour or spoil; to go bad, To complete, To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe, To become, Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces, To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa, move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning", 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", change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early", rotate something; be rotated; change position; change direction; change condition; become; cause to become; become disloyal; make hostile; become hostile; make nauseated or dizzy; release, send away; ferment, alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down", become officially one year older; "She is turning 50 this year", (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry", a favor for someone; "he did me a good turn", an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn", let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate", shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel", cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book", cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way", to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion", 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", 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", pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle", the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play", 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, If you say that someone is having a turn, you mean they feel suddenly very unwell for a short period of time. see also turning, You can use by turns to indicate that someone has two particular emotions or qualities, one after the other. His tone was by turns angry and aggrieved, If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen. They were horrified at this unexpected turn of events, emphasis If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want. Its operations were hampered at every turn by inadequate numbers of trained staff, If it is your turn to do something, you now have the duty, chance, or right to do it, when other people have done it before you or will do it after you. Tonight it's my turn to cook Let each child have a turn at fishing, When someone turns a wooden or metal object that they are making, they shape it using a special tool. the joys of making a living from turning wood, If a business turns a profit, it earns more money than it spends. The firm will be able to service debt and still turn a modest profit, When someone turns a particular age, they pass that age. When it turns a particular time, it passes that time. It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty, Turn is used in expressions such as the turn of the century and the turn of the year to refer to a period of time when one century or year is ending and the next one is beginning. They fled to South America around the turn of the century, If you do someone a good turn, you do something that helps or benefits them. He did you a good turn by resigning, If someone turns a place inside out or upside down, they search it very thoroughly and usually make it very untidy. They hadn't found a scrap of evidence though they had turned his flat inside out, If a situation takes a turn for the worse, it suddenly becomes worse. If a situation takes a turn for the better, it suddenly becomes better. Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse, a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path", a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind", If two or more people take turns to do something, or in British English take it in turns to do something, they do it one after the other several times, rather than doing it together. We took turns to drive the car, If you speak out of turn or talk out of turn, you say something that you do not have the right or authority to say. I hope I haven't spoken out of turn, If something such as a system or way of life is turned inside out or upside down, it is changed completely, making people confused or upset. He felt too shocked to move. His world had been turned upside down, You use in turn to refer to actions or events that are in a sequence one after the other, for example because one causes the other. One of the members of the surgical team leaked the story to a fellow physician who, in turn, confided in a reporter, If each person in a group does something in turn, they do it one after the other in a fixed or agreed order. There were cheers for each of the women as they spoke in turn, If a situation or trend takes a particular kind of turn, it changes so that it starts developing in a different or opposite way. The scandal took a new turn over the weekend, You can use turn to indicate that there is a change to a particular kind of weather. For example, if it turns cold, the weather starts being cold. If it turns cold, cover plants, When you turn something such as a key, knob, or switch, or when it turns, you hold it and twist your hand, in order to open something or make it start working. Turn a special key, press the brake pedal, and your car's brakes lock Turn the heat to very low and cook for 20 minutes I tried the doorknob and it turned, When you turn in a particular direction or turn a corner, you change the direction in which you are moving or travelling. Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road The man with the umbrella turned the corner again. Turn is also a noun. You can't do a right-hand turn here, The point where a road, path, or river turns, is the point where it has a bend or curve in it. the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road. Turn is also a noun. a sharp turn in the road, When something such as a wheel turns, or when you turn it, it continually moves around in a particular direction. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay The engine turned a propeller, When you turn something, you move it so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction, or is in a very different position. They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies She had turned the bedside chair to face the door The lid, turned upside down, served as a coffee table, rotational movement; change of direction or position; change in condition; opportunity or responsibility for action which is given in order; mold for casting; period of action; action performed; purpose, goal; disposition; short walk or ride, turn turns turning turned Turn is used in a large number of other expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression `turn over a new leaf' is explained at leaf, When you turn or when you turn part of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction. He turned abruptly and walked away He sighed, turning away and surveying the sea He turned his head left and right Turn around or turn round means the same as turn. I felt a tapping on my shoulder and I turned around Turn your upper body round so that your shoulders are facing to the side, When the tide turns, it starts coming in or going out. There was not much time before the tide turned, When you turn a page of a book or magazine, you move it so that is flat against the previous page, and you can read the next page. He turned the pages of a file in front of him, To turn or be turned into something means to become that thing. A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale The hated dictator had turned his country into one of the poorest police states in Europe, You can use turn before an adjective to indicate that something or someone changes by acquiring the quality described by the adjective. If the bailiff thinks that things could turn nasty he will enlist the help of the police = become, If something turns a particular colour or if something turns it a particular colour, it becomes that colour. The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red Her contact lenses turned her eyes green, If you turn to a particular activity, job, or way of doing something, you start doing or using it. These communities are now turning to recycling in large numbers, If you turn to someone, you ask for their help or advice. For assistance, they turned to one of the city's most innovative museums, If you turn a weapon or an aggressive feeling on someone, you point it at them or direct it at them. He tried to turn the gun on me The crowd than turned their anger on Prime Minister James Mitchell, If you turn to a particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page. To order, turn to page 236, If you turn your attention or thoughts to a particular subject or if you turn to it, you start thinking about it or discussing it. We turned our attention to the practical matters relating to forming a company We turn now to the British news, 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, turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room", In most rules systems, a game is broken into Turns In some rules, players alternate or "take turns" playing; in other systems, both players act in all or some of the phases of each turn Each turn or set of turns usually represents some period of time -- for instance, a turn in one modern game represents 15 minutes of combat, Four ornamental notes that wind around the principal note An ornament that replaces one note with four or more short ones that add up to the same time value Gruppetto, A change to the celeration slope, generally following a phase change or intervention On the chart, the slope can turn upward, not turn, or turn downward, An ornament consisting of four or five notes that move up and down 'around' a given pitch, using that pitch as a tonal center, A musical ornament characterized by the rapid performance of a given note, the major or minor second above and below, and a return to the given note, Also called a volta, a turn is a sudden change in thought, direction, or emotion at the conclusion of the sonnet This invisible turn is followed by a couplet called a gemmel (in English sonnets) or a sestet (in Italian sonnets), In the equities market, a reversal; unwind, A type of signal sent from an SMTP e-mail client to the managing e-mail server that initiates e-mail delivery from the STMP server to the SMTP client, The hand actions lateral movement at the release point, Any series of steps on which a player rotates his body 360 degrees, The fourth community card on the table Put out face up, by itself Can also be known as "Fourth Street ", 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, 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, Change in orientation from heel to face or vice-versa, Turning the opposition's argument against them by demonstrating that their analysis is not true and that you can better remedy the problems they address, Also called Melee Round, equal to about 1 minute of game time All players get their full turn of actions during this period of time, including attacks, defending, and spell casting, In winding stator coils, this is one loop of wire around a form A coil will often be referred to by how many turns of a certain gauge wire are in each coil, turn your work around so the other side of the fabric is facing you, Each sonnet pivots around something called the turn, the point at which a logical or emotional shift by the poet enables him or her to take a new or altered or enlarged view of the subject In the Shakespearean sonnet, that turn takes place between lines twelve and thirteen Because the poet has only two lines in which to resolve the argument of the sonnet, this resolution is usually witty, paradoxical, aphoristic, logically clever or amusing The Shakespearean sonnet tends to display its intelligence: it's intellectual and analytical, prizing verbal dexterity over emotion (although not always) (notes drawn from Paul Fussell, Poetic Meter & Poetic Form (London 1979)), A series of actions an agent performs in the context of advancing its position in the game In Acquire, a turn generally proceeds in the following manner: placing a tile on the board, buying up to 3 stock shares, and picking a new tile Depending on the effects of any of these given steps in a turn, the agent may be faced with new action choices, as when a hotel chain is formed or when a merger occurs, 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", to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring", 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", pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry", 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", (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive, 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", undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor", go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out", 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", The motion of the hand and wrist that imparts rotation to the ball at release, All turns are sharp changes of the flight direction The word "sharp" may be used in the key elements section to emphasize that aspect of the turn, but it is unnecessary and unused in the descriptions If a change of direction is not intended to be a sharp turn it will be described as an arc or curve Turns may be described as being of a certain number of degrees (°) The number refers to the change from one direction of flight to the next NOT necessarily of the internal or external angle created, The fourth community card Put out face up, by itself Also known as "fourth street ", 1 the rotation of the body in the swing (e g , shoulder turn, hip turn) 2 going from the ninth green to the tenth tee (from the front nine to the back nine) 3 curving a golf shot 4 break or curve in a putt Example: 1 John Daly has a huge turn away from the ball in his backswing 2 We grabbed a quick snack at the turn 3 I wanted to turn the ball over from right to left to get farther around the dogleg and closer to the green 4 He tried with all the body english he could muster to make the putt turn, but it stayed straight, Used in the context of general equities Reversal, unwind, 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", a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work", The nickname for the fourth community card in Hold'em and Omaha, Motion of the hand and wrist toward pocket area at point of ball release, veer, jar, versed,
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To change one's direction of travel - "Turn right here."
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To become (begin to be) - "When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty."
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To change the direction or orientation of - "Turn the knob clockwise."
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Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself - "turn on the spot"
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To fundamentally change; to metamorphose - "He turned into a monster every full moon."
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To position (something) by folding it - "Turn the bed covers."
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To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated - "The prisoners turned on the warden."
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Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn
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Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn
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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
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Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time
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Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide
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A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn
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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
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A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll
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taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park"
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To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass around by turning; as, to turn a corner
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The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel
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turning away or in the opposite direction; "he made an abrupt turn away from her"
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Monthly courses; menses
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A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county
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A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat
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A pit sunk in some part of a drift
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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
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To become acid; to sour; said of milk, ale, etc
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Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact
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To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue
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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
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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
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Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt
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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
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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
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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
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To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well
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To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; said of the tide
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To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery
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To become inclined in the other direction; said of scales
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To be nauseated; said of the stomach
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the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right"
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To become giddy; said of the head or brain
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To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted
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direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car"
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Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces
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To change ones direction of travel
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taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park" turning away or in the opposite direction; "he made an abrupt turn away from her" the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right" the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" a favor for someone; "he did me a good turn" an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn" (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" become officially one year older; "She is turning 50 this year" change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early" direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car" alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down" let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate" shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel" 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" pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle" 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" to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion" cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book" cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way" 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" move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning" get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year" accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels" 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
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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
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get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year"
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accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels"
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To sour or spoil; to go bad
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To complete
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To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe
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To become
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Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces
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To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa
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move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"
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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"
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change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
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rotate something; be rotated; change position; change direction; change condition; become; cause to become; become disloyal; make hostile; become hostile; make nauseated or dizzy; release, send away; ferment fiil
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alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down"
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become officially one year older; "She is turning 50 this year"
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(sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
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a favor for someone; "he did me a good turn"
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an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn"
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let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"
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shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel"
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cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"
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cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"
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to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"
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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"
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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"
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pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle"
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the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play"
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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
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If you say that someone is having a turn, you mean they feel suddenly very unwell for a short period of time. see also turning
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You can use by turns to indicate that someone has two particular emotions or qualities, one after the other. His tone was by turns angry and aggrieved
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If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen. They were horrified at this unexpected turn of events
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emphasis If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want. Its operations were hampered at every turn by inadequate numbers of trained staff
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If it is your turn to do something, you now have the duty, chance, or right to do it, when other people have done it before you or will do it after you. Tonight it's my turn to cook Let each child have a turn at fishing
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When someone turns a wooden or metal object that they are making, they shape it using a special tool. the joys of making a living from turning wood
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If a business turns a profit, it earns more money than it spends. The firm will be able to service debt and still turn a modest profit
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When someone turns a particular age, they pass that age. When it turns a particular time, it passes that time. It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty
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Turn is used in expressions such as the turn of the century and the turn of the year to refer to a period of time when one century or year is ending and the next one is beginning. They fled to South America around the turn of the century
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If you do someone a good turn, you do something that helps or benefits them. He did you a good turn by resigning
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If someone turns a place inside out or upside down, they search it very thoroughly and usually make it very untidy. They hadn't found a scrap of evidence though they had turned his flat inside out
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If a situation takes a turn for the worse, it suddenly becomes worse. If a situation takes a turn for the better, it suddenly becomes better. Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse
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a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
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a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind"
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If two or more people take turns to do something, or in British English take it in turns to do something, they do it one after the other several times, rather than doing it together. We took turns to drive the car
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If you speak out of turn or talk out of turn, you say something that you do not have the right or authority to say. I hope I haven't spoken out of turn
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If something such as a system or way of life is turned inside out or upside down, it is changed completely, making people confused or upset. He felt too shocked to move. His world had been turned upside down
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You use in turn to refer to actions or events that are in a sequence one after the other, for example because one causes the other. One of the members of the surgical team leaked the story to a fellow physician who, in turn, confided in a reporter
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If each person in a group does something in turn, they do it one after the other in a fixed or agreed order. There were cheers for each of the women as they spoke in turn
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If a situation or trend takes a particular kind of turn, it changes so that it starts developing in a different or opposite way. The scandal took a new turn over the weekend
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You can use turn to indicate that there is a change to a particular kind of weather. For example, if it turns cold, the weather starts being cold. If it turns cold, cover plants
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When you turn something such as a key, knob, or switch, or when it turns, you hold it and twist your hand, in order to open something or make it start working. Turn a special key, press the brake pedal, and your car's brakes lock Turn the heat to very low and cook for 20 minutes I tried the doorknob and it turned
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When you turn in a particular direction or turn a corner, you change the direction in which you are moving or travelling. Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road The man with the umbrella turned the corner again. Turn is also a noun. You can't do a right-hand turn here
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The point where a road, path, or river turns, is the point where it has a bend or curve in it. the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road. Turn is also a noun. a sharp turn in the road
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When something such as a wheel turns, or when you turn it, it continually moves around in a particular direction. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay The engine turned a propeller
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When you turn something, you move it so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction, or is in a very different position. They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies She had turned the bedside chair to face the door The lid, turned upside down, served as a coffee table
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rotational movement; change of direction or position; change in condition; opportunity or responsibility for action which is given in order; mold for casting; period of action; action performed; purpose, goal; disposition; short walk or ride isim
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turn turns turning turned Turn is used in a large number of other expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression `turn over a new leaf' is explained at leaf
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When you turn or when you turn part of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction. He turned abruptly and walked away He sighed, turning away and surveying the sea He turned his head left and right Turn around or turn round means the same as turn. I felt a tapping on my shoulder and I turned around Turn your upper body round so that your shoulders are facing to the side
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When the tide turns, it starts coming in or going out. There was not much time before the tide turned
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When you turn a page of a book or magazine, you move it so that is flat against the previous page, and you can read the next page. He turned the pages of a file in front of him
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To turn or be turned into something means to become that thing. A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale The hated dictator had turned his country into one of the poorest police states in Europe
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You can use turn before an adjective to indicate that something or someone changes by acquiring the quality described by the adjective. If the bailiff thinks that things could turn nasty he will enlist the help of the police = become
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If something turns a particular colour or if something turns it a particular colour, it becomes that colour. The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red Her contact lenses turned her eyes green
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If you turn to a particular activity, job, or way of doing something, you start doing or using it. These communities are now turning to recycling in large numbers
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If you turn to someone, you ask for their help or advice. For assistance, they turned to one of the city's most innovative museums
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If you turn a weapon or an aggressive feeling on someone, you point it at them or direct it at them. He tried to turn the gun on me The crowd than turned their anger on Prime Minister James Mitchell
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If you turn to a particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page. To order, turn to page 236
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If you turn your attention or thoughts to a particular subject or if you turn to it, you start thinking about it or discussing it. We turned our attention to the practical matters relating to forming a company We turn now to the British news
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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
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turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"
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In most rules systems, a game is broken into Turns In some rules, players alternate or "take turns" playing; in other systems, both players act in all or some of the phases of each turn Each turn or set of turns usually represents some period of time -- for instance, a turn in one modern game represents 15 minutes of combat
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Four ornamental notes that wind around the principal note An ornament that replaces one note with four or more short ones that add up to the same time value Gruppetto
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A change to the celeration slope, generally following a phase change or intervention On the chart, the slope can turn upward, not turn, or turn downward
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An ornament consisting of four or five notes that move up and down 'around' a given pitch, using that pitch as a tonal center
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A musical ornament characterized by the rapid performance of a given note, the major or minor second above and below, and a return to the given note
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Also called a volta, a turn is a sudden change in thought, direction, or emotion at the conclusion of the sonnet This invisible turn is followed by a couplet called a gemmel (in English sonnets) or a sestet (in Italian sonnets)
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In the equities market, a reversal; unwind
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A type of signal sent from an SMTP e-mail client to the managing e-mail server that initiates e-mail delivery from the STMP server to the SMTP client
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The hand actions lateral movement at the release point
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Any series of steps on which a player rotates his body 360 degrees
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The fourth community card on the table Put out face up, by itself Can also be known as "Fourth Street "
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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
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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
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Change in orientation from heel to face or vice-versa
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Turning the opposition's argument against them by demonstrating that their analysis is not true and that you can better remedy the problems they address
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Also called Melee Round, equal to about 1 minute of game time All players get their full turn of actions during this period of time, including attacks, defending, and spell casting
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In winding stator coils, this is one loop of wire around a form A coil will often be referred to by how many turns of a certain gauge wire are in each coil
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turn your work around so the other side of the fabric is facing you
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Each sonnet pivots around something called the turn, the point at which a logical or emotional shift by the poet enables him or her to take a new or altered or enlarged view of the subject In the Shakespearean sonnet, that turn takes place between lines twelve and thirteen Because the poet has only two lines in which to resolve the argument of the sonnet, this resolution is usually witty, paradoxical, aphoristic, logically clever or amusing The Shakespearean sonnet tends to display its intelligence: it's intellectual and analytical, prizing verbal dexterity over emotion (although not always) (notes drawn from Paul Fussell, Poetic Meter & Poetic Form (London 1979))
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A series of actions an agent performs in the context of advancing its position in the game In Acquire, a turn generally proceeds in the following manner: placing a tile on the board, buying up to 3 stock shares, and picking a new tile Depending on the effects of any of these given steps in a turn, the agent may be faced with new action choices, as when a hotel chain is formed or when a merger occurs
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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"
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to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
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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"
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pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
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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"
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(sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
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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"
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undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
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go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
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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"
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The motion of the hand and wrist that imparts rotation to the ball at release
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All turns are sharp changes of the flight direction The word "sharp" may be used in the key elements section to emphasize that aspect of the turn, but it is unnecessary and unused in the descriptions If a change of direction is not intended to be a sharp turn it will be described as an arc or curve Turns may be described as being of a certain number of degrees (°) The number refers to the change from one direction of flight to the next NOT necessarily of the internal or external angle created
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The fourth community card Put out face up, by itself Also known as "fourth street "
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1 the rotation of the body in the swing (e g , shoulder turn, hip turn) 2 going from the ninth green to the tenth tee (from the front nine to the back nine) 3 curving a golf shot 4 break or curve in a putt Example: 1 John Daly has a huge turn away from the ball in his backswing 2 We grabbed a quick snack at the turn 3 I wanted to turn the ball over from right to left to get farther around the dogleg and closer to the green 4 He tried with all the body english he could muster to make the putt turn, but it stayed straight
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Used in the context of general equities Reversal, unwind
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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"
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a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"
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The nickname for the fourth community card in Hold'em and Omaha
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Motion of the hand and wrist toward pocket area at point of ball release
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