| turned out | dressed well or smartly; "the girls were well turned out and smart | en |
| turned out | If you are well turned out or smartly turned out, you are dressed smartly. a well-turned-out young chap in a black suit | en |
| turned out | dressed well or smartly; "the girls were well turned out and smart" | en |
| turn out | get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A M every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" | en |
| turn out | come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; "How many people turned out that evening?" | en |
| turn out | cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights" | en |
| turn out | put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom" | en |
| turn out | bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" | en |
| turn out | produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery; "This factory turns out saws" | en |
| turn out | turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" | en |
| turn out | prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was right | en |
| turn out | prove to be in the result or end; "How will the game turn out?" | en |
| turn out | come and gather for a public event; "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York" | en |
| turn out | outfit or equip, as with accessories; "The actors were turned out lavishly" | en |
| turn out | drive away; discharge; gather; remove; clear, evacuate | en |
| turn out | prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was right" | en |
| turn out | When you turn out something such as a light or gas, you move the switch or knob that controls it so that it stops giving out light or heat. I'll just play until the janitor comes round to turn the lights out. = turn off | en |
| turn out | be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive" | en |
| turn out | If something turns out to be a particular thing, it is discovered to be that thing. Cosgrave's forecast turned out to be quite wrong It turned out that I knew the person who got shot | en |
| turn out | When you are commenting on pleasant weather, you can say that is has turned out nice or fine, especially if this is unexpected. It's turned out nice again | en |
| turn out | If something turns out a particular way, it happens in that way or has the result or degree of success indicated. If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to I was positive things were going to turn out fine. = work out | en |
| turn out | If you turn someone out of a place, especially the place where they have been living, you force them to leave that place. Surely nobody would suggest turning him out of the house It was previously a small monastery but the authorities turned all the monks out. = throw out | en |
| turn out | If a business or other organization turns out something, it produces it. They have been turning out great blades for 400 years | en |
| turn out | A fitting used to start a rail system Part of the handrail which is curved in plan and elevation views | en |
| turn out | If you turn out the contents of a container, you empty it by removing them or letting them fall out. Turn out the dough on to a floured surface Turn the plants out of their pots | en |
| turn out | Assume a position in which the front foot and knee point directly forward and the body is not more than a quarter turn in profile | en |
| turn out | A pass route in which the receiver runs downfield for a short distance, then turns toward one of the sidelines | en |
| turn out | If people turn out for a particular event or activity, they go and take part in it or watch it. Thousands of people turned out for the funeral It was no wonder the fans turned out. The matches yielded 259 goals. see also turnout, turned out | en |