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- English Word Turn Definition 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.
- English Word Turn Definition 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.
- English Word Turn Definition Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt.
- English Word Turn Definition To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
- English Word Turn Definition To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
- English Word Turn Definition To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.
- English Word Turn Definition 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.
- English Word Turn Definition Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
- English Word Turn Definition To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.
- English Word Turn Definition 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.
- English Word Turn Definition 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.
- English Word Turn Definition To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.
- English Word Turn Definition To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
- English Word Turn Definition To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
- English Word Turn Definition To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
- English Word Turn Definition To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales.
- English Word Turn Definition To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide.
- English Word Turn Definition To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- English Word Turn Definition To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
- English Word Turn Definition The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.
- English Word Turn Definition Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide.
- English Word Turn Definition 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.
- English Word Turn Definition A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll.
- English Word Turn Definition Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time.
- English Word Turn Definition Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.
- English Word Turn Definition Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn.
- English Word Turn Definition 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.
- English Word Turn Definition A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn.
- English Word Turn Definition 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.
- English Word Turn Definition A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.