Turn
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tɜːn/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Turn is a verb meaning To make a non-linear physical movement.
Meaning
To make a non-linear physical movement.
More Meanings
- (intransitive or transitive) To change condition or attitude.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
Example Sentences
Ivory turns well.
Turne from thy fierce wrath,[…]
They say they can turn the parts in two days.
We turned a pretty penny with that little scheme.
Word Forms
- turns
- turning
- turned
- turnt
- turnest
- turnedst
- turneth
Synonyms for turn
Depending on context, synonyms include rotate, spin, twirl, steer, swerve, tack.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reverse, bend, crook, twist, grow, wrick.
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