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English noun: turn | |||
| 1. | turn (shape) a circular segment of a curve | ||
| Samples | A bend in the road. A crook in the path. | ||
| Synonyms | bend, crook, twist | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | curve, curved shape | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bight | ||
| 2. | turn (act) the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course | ||
| Samples | He took a turn to the right. | ||
| Synonyms | turning | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of course | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion, kick turn, left, right, stem, stem turn, swerve, swerving, telemark, three-point turn, veering, version | ||
| 3. | turn (act) (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession | ||
| Samples | It is my turn. It is still my play. | ||
| Synonyms | play | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | at-bat, attack, bat, down, innings, lead, move, ruff, start, starting, trick, trumping | ||
| Domain category | game | ||
| 4. | turn (event) an unforeseen development | ||
| Samples | Events suddenly took an awkward turn. | ||
| Synonyms | turn of events, twist | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | development | ||
| 5. | turn (event) a movement in a new direction | ||
| Samples | The turning of the wind. | ||
| Synonyms | turning | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | coming back, gyration, return, reversal, revolution, rotation, swerve, turn around, volution, yaw | ||
| 6. | turn (act) the act of turning away or in the opposite direction | ||
| Samples | He made an abrupt turn away from her. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of direction, reorientation | ||
| 7. | turn (act) turning or twisting around (in place) | ||
| Samples | With a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room. | ||
| Synonyms | twist | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rotary motion, rotation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | twiddle | ||
| 8. | turn (time) a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) | ||
| Samples | It's my go. A spell of work. | ||
| Synonyms | go, spell, tour | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | duty period, shift, work shift | ||
| 9. | turn (time) (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive | ||
| Synonyms | bout, round | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | division, part, section | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bottom, bottom of the inning, top, top of the inning | ||
| Part meronym | period of play, play, playing period | ||
| Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
| 10. | turn (communication) a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program | ||
| Samples | He did his act three times every evening. She had a catchy little routine. It was one of the best numbers he ever did. | ||
| Synonyms | act, bit, number, routine | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | performance, public presentation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | show-stopper, showstopper, stopper | ||
| 11. | turn (act) a favor for someone | ||
| Samples | He did me a good turn. | ||
| Synonyms | good turn | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | favor, favour | ||
| 12. | turn (act) taking a short walk out and back | ||
| Samples | We took a turn in the park. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | walk | ||
English verb: turn | |||
| 1. | turn (motion) change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | They turn the car down the avenue | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | about-face, avert, bend, bend, caracole, circumvolve, coil, corkscrew, corner, curve, cut, deflect, deflect, deviate, divert, face, flip, flip, flip over, gee, gyrate, overturn, pivot, port, pronate, roll, roll over, rotate, rotate, sheer, slew, slue, spiral, spiral, splay, spread out, swerve, swing about, swing around, swivel, tip over, toss, trend, tump over, turn around, turn away, turn away, turn away, turn off, turn on a dime, turn out, turn over, turn over, turn over, twist, veer | ||
| Verb group | turn | ||
| 2. | turn (change) undergo a transformation or a change of position or action | ||
| Samples | We turned from Socialism to Capitalism. The people turned against the President when he stole the election. | ||
| Synonyms | change state | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acetify, acidify, alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, ameliorate, apparel, arouse, awake, awaken, basify, be born, become, better, black out, boil, break, break loose, burn, burst forth, buy the farm, calcify, calm, calm down, carbonise, carbonise, carbonize, carbonize, carburise, carburize, carnify, cash in one's chips, catalyse, catalyze, catch fire, chill, chill out, choke, chondrify, citrate, clabber, close, clot, clot, clothe, cloud over, coagulate, coke, combust, combust, come alive, come to, conceive, concentrate, conflagrate, conk, cool, cool down, cool it, cool off, croak, cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize, curdle, decease, decline, decompress, denitrify, die, discharge, disengage, dissolve, dress, drop dead, emaciate, emancipate, empty, emulsify, enclothe, equilibrate, erupt, esterify, etherify, exit, expire, explode, fade away, fade out, fall, ferment, fill, fill up, fit out, flourish, fluctuate, fly high, freeze, Frenchify, gain, garb, garment, get, get into, get worse, give-up the ghost, go, go, habilitate, heat, heat up, homogenise, homogenise, homogenize, homogenize, hot up, ignite, improve, inspissate, integrate, ionise, ionize, kick the bucket, liberate, liquefy, loosen up, lose weight, meliorate, melt off, open, open up, ossify, overgrow, pass, pass away, pass out, perish, pop off, precipitate, prosper, put on, raiment, react, reduce, relapse, relax, resuscitate, revive, secularise, secularize, settle down, shut, simmer down, slenderize, slim, slim down, slow down, snuff it, solvate, sorb, sour, take fire, take up, tangle with, tense, tense up, thicken, thin, thin, thrive, thrombose, tog, turn, unbend, unwind, wake, wake up, waken, work, worsen, zonk out | ||
| Verb group | become, grow, turn, turn | ||
| 3. | turn (stative) undergo a change or development | ||
| Samples | The water turned into ice. Her former friend became her worst enemy. He turned traitor. | ||
| Synonyms | become | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | metamorphose, transform, transmute | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | add up, amount, boil down, choke, come, come down, nucleate, reduce, suffocate | ||
| Verb group | change state, turn, turn | ||
| 4. | turn (motion) cause to move around or rotate | ||
| Samples | Turn a key. Turn your palm this way. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | port, reorient, supinate | ||
| Verb group | turn, turn | ||
| 5. | turn (change) change to the contrary | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | change by reversal, reverse | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alternate, commutate, commute, correct, deconsecrate, desecrate, desynchronise, desynchronize, exchange, falsify, flip, flip-flop, interchange, metamorphose, permute, rectify, regress, retrovert, return, revert, right, switch, switch, switch over, tack, transfigure, transmogrify, transpose, turn back, turn the tables, turn the tide, undo, unhallow | ||
| 6. | turn (motion) pass to the other side of | ||
| Samples | Turn the corner. Move around the obstacle. | ||
| Synonyms | move around | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| 7. | turn (change) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become | ||
| Samples | The weather turned nasty. She grew angry. | ||
| Examples | John will turn angry | ||
| Synonyms | grow | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Something ----s something Adjective/Noun. Something ----s Adjective/Noun | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bald, turn | ||
| Verb group | change state, turn | ||
| 8. | turn (contact) let (something) fall or spill from a container | ||
| Samples | Turn the flour onto a plate. | ||
| Synonyms | release | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deflate, throw | ||
| 9. | turn (motion) move around an axis or a center | ||
| Samples | The wheels are turning. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | go around, revolve, rotate | ||
| 10. | turn (motion) cause to move around a center so as to show another side of | ||
| Samples | Turn a page of a book. | ||
| Examples | They turn the coin | ||
| Synonyms | turn over | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | evert, leaf | ||
| 11. | turn (motion) to send or let go | ||
| Samples | They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | direct, send | ||
| 12. | turn (creation) to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | ||
| Samples | Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week. Turn the earth in the Spring. | ||
| Synonyms | plough, plow | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | till | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | disk, harrow, ridge | ||
| Entail | cut into, delve, dig, turn over | ||
| Domain category | agriculture, farming, husbandry | ||
| 13. | turn (contact) shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel | ||
| Samples | Turn the legs of the table. Turn the clay on the wheel. | ||
| Examples | The girls turn the wooden sticks | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | form, shape | ||
| Verb group | turn | ||
| 14. | turn (change) change color | ||
| Samples | In Vermont, the leaves turn early. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | color, colour, discolor, discolour, grow, turn | ||
| 15. | turn (body) twist suddenly so as to sprain | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | Did he turn his foot? | ||
| Synonyms | rick, sprain, twist, wrench, wrick | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | injure, wound | ||
| 16. | turn (stative) cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics | ||
| Samples | The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him. The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Verb group | become, turn | ||
| 17. | turn (social) accomplish by rotating | ||
| Samples | Turn a somersault. Turn cartwheels. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do, perform | ||
| Verb group | turn | ||
| 18. | turn (possession) get by buying and selling | ||
| Samples | The company turned a good profit after a year. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, get | ||
| Domain category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | ||
| 19. | turn (motion) cause to move along an axis or into a new direction | ||
| Samples | Turn your face to the wall. Turn the car around. Turn your dance partner around. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bring about | ||
| Verb group | turn | ||
| 20. | turn (motion) channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something | ||
| Samples | The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction. People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | direct, send | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | take up | ||
| 21. | turn (contact) cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form | ||
| Samples | Bend the rod. Twist the dough into a braid. The strong man could turn an iron bar. | ||
| Synonyms | bend, deform, flex, twist | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change form, change shape, deform | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | convolute, convolve, crank, dent, gnarl, incurvate, indent | ||
| Antonyms | unbend | ||
| 22. | turn (contact) alter the functioning or setting of | ||
| Samples | Turn the dial to 10. Turn the heat down. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | control, operate | ||
| 23. | turn (competition) direct at someone | ||
| Samples | She turned a smile on me. They turned their flashlights on the car. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aim, direct, take, take aim, train | ||
| 24. | turn (communication) have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to | ||
| Samples | She called on her Representative to help her. She turned to her relatives for help. | ||
| Synonyms | call on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appeal, invoke | ||
| 25. | turn (change) go sour or spoil | ||
| Samples | The milk has soured. The wine worked. The cream has turned--we have to throw it out. | ||
| Synonyms | ferment, sour, work | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
| Verb group | ferment, work | ||
| 26. | turn (change) become officially one year older | ||
| Samples | She is turning 50 this year. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | age, get on, maturate, mature, senesce | ||
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