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English verb: turn over | |||
| 1. | turn over (possession) place into the hands or custody of | ||
| Samples | Hand me the spoon, please. Turn the files over to me, please. He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers. | ||
| Synonyms | give, hand, pass, pass on, reach | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transfer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | commit, confide, deal, deliver, entrust, entrust, fork out, fork over, fork up, free, give, give up, hand over, intrust, leave, release, relinquish, render, resign, slip, sneak, trust, turn in | ||
| 2. | turn over (motion) cause to overturn from an upright or normal position | ||
| Samples | The cat knocked over the flower vase. The clumsy customer turned over the vase. He tumped over his beer. | ||
| Examples | These cars won't turn over | ||
| Synonyms | bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, upset | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Cause | overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over | ||
| Verb group | overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over | ||
| 3. | turn over (motion) move by turning over or rotating | ||
| Samples | The child rolled down the hill. Turn over on your left side. | ||
| Synonyms | roll | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | rim | ||
| Verb group | revolve, roll | ||
| 4. | turn over (contact) turn up, loosen, or remove earth | ||
| Samples | Dig we must. Turn over the soil for aeration. | ||
| Synonyms | cut into, delve, dig | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | burrow, furrow, groove, root, rootle, rout, rut, shovel, spade, trowel, tunnel | ||
| 5. | turn over (possession) do business worth a certain amount of money | ||
| Samples | The company turns over ten million dollars a year. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transact | ||
| Domain category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | ||
| 6. | turn over (motion) cause to move around a center so as to show another side of | ||
| Samples | Turn a page of a book. | ||
| Examples | They turn over the coin | ||
| Synonyms | turn | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | evert, leaf | ||
| 7. | turn over (motion) turn from an upright or normal position | ||
| Samples | The big vase overturned. The canoe tumped over. | ||
| Synonyms | overturn, tip over, tump over | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | capsize, turn turtle, turtle, upend | ||
| Verb group | bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over, upset | ||
| 8. | turn over (contact) turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse | ||
| Samples | Flip over the pork chop. Turn over the pancakes. | ||
| Synonyms | flip, flip over | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | turn | ||
| 9. | turn over (communication) think about carefully; weigh | ||
| Samples | They considered the possibility of a strike. Turn the proposal over in your mind. | ||
| Synonyms | consider, debate, deliberate, moot | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE. Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discuss, hash out, talk over | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | debate, premeditate, see, think twice, wrestle | ||
| Verb group | consider, study | ||
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