turn
turn is a 4-letter English word with 76 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt.
- transitive verb. To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
- transitive verb. To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
- transitive verb. To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
- intransitive verb. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.
- intransitive verb. To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
- intransitive verb. To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
- intransitive verb. To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
- intransitive verb. To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales.
- intransitive verb. To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide.
- intransitive verb. To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- intransitive verb. To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
- noun. The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.
- noun. Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll.
- noun. Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time.
- noun. Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.
- noun. Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.
- noun. A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
- noun. A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county.
- noun. Monthly courses; menses.
- noun. An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /.
- noun. taking a short walk out and back
"we took a turn in the park"
- noun. turning or twisting around (in place)
"with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"
- noun. the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
"he made an abrupt turn away from her"
- noun. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
"he took a turn to the right"
- noun. (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
"it is my turn"
"it is still my play"
- noun. a favor for someone
"he did me a good turn"
- noun. 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"
- noun. a movement in a new direction
"the turning of the wind"
- noun. an unforeseen development
"events suddenly took an awkward turn"
- noun. a circular segment of a curve
"a bend in the road"
"a crook in the path"
- noun. (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
- noun. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
"it's my go"
"a spell of work"
- verb. twist suddenly so as to sprain
"wrench one's ankle"
"The wrestler twisted his shoulder"
- verb. pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
"The weather turned nasty"
"She grew angry"
- verb. change to the contrary
"The trend was reversed"
"the tides turned against him"
- verb. 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"
- verb. become officially one year older
"She is turning 50 this year"
- verb. change color
"In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
- verb. go sour or spoil
"The milk has soured"
"The wine worked"
- verb. 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"
- verb. direct at someone
"She turned a smile on me"
"They turned their flashlights on the car"
- verb. alter the functioning or setting of
"turn the dial to 10"
"turn the heat down"
- verb. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
"bend the rod"
"twist the dough into a braid"
- verb. let (something) fall or spill from a container
"turn the flour onto a plate"
- verb. shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
"turn the legs of the table"
"turn the clay on the wheel"
- verb. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
"Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"
"turn the earth in the Spring"
- verb. change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
"Turn towards me"
"The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"
- verb. pass to the other side of
"turn the corner"
"move around the obstacle"
- verb. 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"
- verb. to send or let go
"They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"
- verb. cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
"turn a page of a book"
- verb. cause to move around or rotate
"turn a key"
"turn your palm this way"
- verb. cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
"turn your face to the wall"
"turn the car around"
- verb. move around an axis or a center
"The wheels are turning"
- verb. get by buying and selling
"the company turned a good profit after a year"
- verb. accomplish by rotating
"turn a somersault"
"turn cartwheels"
- verb. undergo a change or development
"The water turned into ice"
"Her former friend became her worst enemy"
- verb. 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"
Synonyms
twist, turning, play, act, bit, number, routine, bend, crook, bout, round, go, spell, tour, rick, sprain, wrench, wrick, grow, reverse, ferment, sour, work, deform
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in turn:
Common word forms
turns, turned, turner, turning, turnable
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