turn
turn
tɜrn
tērn
/tɜːn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "turn"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to rotate something so that it is facing a different direction or is in a different position
Transitive: to turn sth to a direction | to turn sth
to turn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He turned the bicycle handlebars to the right.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϞ āĻĄāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āĻ­āĻžāρāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž

to fold or unfold something, particularly a fabric
Transitive: to turn a fabric
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She turned down the collar of her dress to create a more relaxed look.
āϏ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĨ¤
1.2

āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋

(with reference to a book, magazine, etc.) to move a page so that one can read or look at its other side
Transitive: to turn a page
Intransitive: to turn to a page
to turn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He absentmindedly turned the pages of the old photo album.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻĢāĻŸā§‹ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.3

āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻž, āϘ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to move in a circular direction around a fixed line or point
Intransitive
to turn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The Earth turns on its axis, causing day and night.
āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ“ āϰāĻžāϤ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϘ⧁āϰāĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to rotate or shift our body to face a different direction
Intransitive
to turn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I turned to face the mirror and adjusted my tie.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāϝāĻŧāύāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāχ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
2.1

āĻŽāϚāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāĻž āĻŽāϚāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

(with reference to one's ankle) to twist suddenly, particularly in a way that causes a sprain
Transitive: to turn one's ankle
to turn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She accidentally turned her ankle while running on the uneven pavement.
āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻĒāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻŽā§‹āϚāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
2.2

āϘ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to change the direction or orientation of a body part so that it faces a different way
Transitive: to turn a body part
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He turned his body to face the audience as he began his speech.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
2.3

āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻž, āϘ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to perform a movement that involves moving one's body in a circle
Transitive: to turn an acrobatic movement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The acrobat 's specialty is to turn aerial twists in the circus.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻšāϞ⧋ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻžāϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ āϟ⧁āχāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤
03

āĻĸāĻžāϞāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to carefully pour or transfer the contents from an upside-down container into another surface or container
Transitive: to turn content of a container onto a surface or container | to turn content of a container into a surface or container
to turn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After kneading the dough, turn it onto a floured surface.
āĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻĻāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ–āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻĻāĻž āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤
04

āϘ⧁āϰāĻž, āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻž

to shift or redirect one's course or path to face a different direction or follow a new route
Intransitive: to turn | to turn to a direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After reaching the dead-end street, they had no choice but to turn around.
āĻĄā§‡āĻĄ-āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻŸā§‡ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āφāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
4.1

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ, āϘ⧁āϰāĻž

(of the tide) to change its direction or flow from either incoming to outgoing or vice versa
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We planned our beach picnic to coincide with the tide turning, providing more space on the sand.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻœā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
4.2

āϘ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to change the direction of something's movement by rotating or steering it
Transitive: to turn sth | to turn sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I turned the car smoothly into the parking space at the mall.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāϞāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧇āϏ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāϏ⧃āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
4.3

āϘ⧁āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž

(of roads, paths, or rivers) to change direction by bending or curving in a particular way
Intransitive: to turn | to turn to a direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Be cautious as you drive; the road ahead turns abruptly to the left.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύ; āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
05

āϘ⧁āϰāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of one's attention or interest) to shift or focus on a particular subject, matter, or idea
Transitive: to turn to a topic
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When he mentioned her name, her thoughts turned to their last meeting.
āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
5.1

āϘ⧁āϰāĻžāύ, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to direct one's attention or interest toward something or away from it
Ditransitive: to turn one's attention or thoughts to a topic | to turn one's attention or thoughts away from a topic
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He turned his focus to the intriguing painting on the wall.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reach a certain age
Linking Verb: to turn a specific age
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I turned 20 last week, and it feels like a milestone.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ 20 āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāχāϞāĻĢāϞāĻ• āĻŽāϤ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
6.1

āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reach or pass a particular moment or hour, denoting a specific point in time
Linking Verb: to turn a specific time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The clock on the wall turned six o'clock, signaling the end of the workday.
āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āϝāĻŧāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07

āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to change or transform from one state or condition to another
Linking Verb: to turn [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The once clear water in the pond turned murky after the heavy rain.
āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāϞ āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
7.1

āϟāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(with reference to milk) to cause to become sour or spoiled
Transitive: to turn milk
Complex Transitive: to turn milk [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The warm weather can quickly turn the milk.
āωāĻˇā§āĻŖ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĻ⧁āϧ āϟāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
7.2

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ, āϰāĻ™ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

(of foliage) to transition from one color to another, often due to seasonal changes
Linking Verb: to turn [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the fall, the leaves turn vibrant shades of red and orange.
āĻļāϰāϤ⧇, āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž āϞāĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻŽāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϰāϙ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
7.3

āϟāĻ• āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of milk) to become sour or spoiled
Intransitive
Linking Verb: to turn [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The power outage made the refrigerator stop working, and the milk turned.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻŸā§‡ āϰ⧇āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϟāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧁āϧ āϟāĻ• āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
7.4

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone or something change into a particular state or condition
Complex Transitive: to turn sth [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stormy weather turned the sea a turbulent gray.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϧ⧂āϏāϰ āϰāϙ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
7.5

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to undergo a change in state or form
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The economy turned, and businesses began to fail.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
7.6

āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāĻžāĻ—āϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to experience a loss of mental balance, resulting in irrational or disoriented behavior
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the traumatic incident, she slowly began to turn.
āφāϘāĻžāϤāϜāύāĻ• āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϏ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāύ, āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to skillfully and artistically shape or craft something, like a tune, sentence, or remark, to give it an elegant and graceful form
Transitive: to turn a tune or sentence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The author has a knack for turning phrases that resonate with readers.
āϞ⧇āĻ–āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to shape or mold an object or material by bending or manipulating it
Transitive: to turn sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The trees were turning their branches in the wind.
āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĄāĻžāϞāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
9.1

āϘ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ•āĻžāĻ  āĻŦāĻž āϧāĻžāϤ⧁ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž

to carve or shape wood or metal using a particular tool or machine called lathe
Transitive: to turn a wooden or metal object
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She turned the table legs to perfection.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
9.2

āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋, āϚāĻžāώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to break up the soil in order to prepare it for planting crops, particularly with a plow
Transitive: to turn the soil
to turn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We watched as the plow turned the rich earth.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞāĻžāĻŽ āϞāĻžāĻ™āϞ āωāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāώ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
9.3

āĻ­ā§‹āρāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to intentionally bend back the edge of a blade to make it blunt and less sharp
Transitive: to turn a blade
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When teaching knife safety, it 's essential to demonstrate how to turn the blade properly.
āϛ⧁āϰāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āĻĄāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤
9.4

āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž, āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to bend or curve due to pressure or force
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over time, the old book 's pages started to turn at the edges.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to successfully achieve or accomplish a task or goal
Transitive: to turn an achievement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The batter turned a double play.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟāϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇.
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āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋, āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to cause someone or something to leave where they are or be placed in a particular condition
Complex Transitive: to turn sb/sth [adj]
Transitive: to turn sb/sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The vet turned the rescued animals loose in the sanctuary.
āĻĒāĻļ⧁āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻ• āωāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŖā§āϝ⧇ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
11.1

āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻšāϟāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone or a group move away or retreat
Transitive: to turn sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The guard dogs were released to turn the intruders.
āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāϰ⧀ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻž

(of merchandise) to be bought or sold, often within a commercial or retail setting
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The holiday decorations turned as December approached.
āĻĄāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
12.1

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to sell, exchange, or dispose of items, typically goods or stock, particularly to create space for new items or generate revenue
Transitive: to turn merchandise
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company had to turn their surplus supplies to create storage space.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‹āϰ⧇āϜ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧇āϏ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋

to cause a change in the course of a competition or war, resulting in a different person, team, or side beginning to win or gain an advantage
Transitive: to turn a competition or war
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The underdog team turned the championship with their incredible performance.
āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύāĻļāĻŋāĻĒ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
13.1

āϘ⧁āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

(of a war, competition, etc.) to change in its course or development, causing a different person, team, or side to gain the upper hand and start winning
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the negotiations progressed, the balance of power turned in favor of the smaller country, giving them a stronger position at the bargaining table.
āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻāĻ—ā§‹āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āϤ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
13.2

āϘ⧁āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ

to move around or bypass a defensive line or position to attack it from a different direction
Intransitive
Transitive: to turn sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The enemy army tried to turn our flank, but we were able to repel their attack.
āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁ āϏ⧇āύāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻšāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to exchange, convert, or alter the functioning of something
Transitive: to turn sth to a level
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Turn the thermostat to 72 degrees.
āĻĨāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāϟāϕ⧇ 72 āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž, āĻ˜ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāύ

the time when someone has the opportunity, obligation, or right to do a certain thing that everyone in a group does one after the other
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turn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was her turn to speak during the meeting, so she stood up and addressed the group.
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āĻ˜ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāύ, āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ

the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
turn definition and meaning
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āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•, āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ

a place in a road, river, etc. where it bends
turn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the turn in the river, we spotted a family of ducks swimming calmly.
āύāĻĻā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ• āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāρāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāρāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϟāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ, āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ

an unforeseen development
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āĻ˜ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāύ, āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ

the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
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āĻ˜ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāύ, āφāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

turning or twisting around (in place)
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āĻ˜ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāύ, āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ

a movement in a new direction
08

āϘ⧁āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻž

taking a short walk out and back
09

āωāĻĒāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ

a favor for someone
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āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ, āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύāϝāĻŧ

a specific performance or act, particularly on stage in theater or entertainment settings
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her comedic turn in the play had the audience roaring with laughter.
āύāĻžāϟāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāϤ⧁āĻ•āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ, āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ—

the opportunity in which player or a team gets to play offense
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Each team gets a turn to serve the ball in volleyball.
āĻ­āϞāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāϞ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŋ

a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
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āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ, āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž

the third round of betting in which the dealer reveals an additional community card face-up on the table after the Flop
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āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

a transitional phase that marks the end of one era and the beginning of another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
At the turn of the millennium, there were widespread fears about the Y2 K bug affecting computer systems worldwide.
āϏāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϰāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇, Y2K āĻŦāĻžāĻ— āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§€ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

overturn
return
turned
turn
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