Etymology : Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan and turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Old French torner, tourner to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare; akin to Lat
Pronunciation : 't&rn
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. take turns.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
8. Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt.
9. 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.
10. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
11. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.
15. To become acid; to sour; said of milk, ale, etc.
16. To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
17. To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
18. To become inclined in the other direction; said of scales.
19. To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; said of the tide.
20. To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
21. To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
22. The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.
23. Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide.
24. 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.
25. A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll.
26. Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time.
27. Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.
28. Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn.
29. 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.
30. A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn.
31. 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.
32. A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.
33. A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
34. A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county.
35. Monthly courses; menses.
36. To make a turn about or around ; to go or pass around by turning; as, to turn a corner. taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park" turning away or in the opposite direction; "he made an abrupt turn away from her" the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right" the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" a favor for someone; "he did me a good turn" an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn" a period of play during which one team is on the offensive pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" become officially one year older; "She is turning 50 this year" change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early" direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car" alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down" let fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate" shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel" change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see:
his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle" 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 millenium" to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion" cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book" cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way" cause to move along an axis or into a new direction; "turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn your dance partner around" move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning" get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year" accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels" 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".
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