turn
Partizip Perfekt: turn ed ,
Partizip Präsens: turn·ing.
Please turn the card and show the answer. – Bitte dreh die Karte um und zeige die Antwort.
Turn left at the traffic lights. – Biege bei den Ampeln links ab.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
turn (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) to cause to move around an axis or a center make rotate or revolve - turn a wheel turn a crank
b) (1) to cause to move around so as to effect a desired end (as of locking, opening, or shutting) - turned the knob till the door opened
(2) to affect or alter the functioning of (as a mechanical device) or the level of (as sound) by such movement - turn the oven to 400° turn the music to full volume
c) to execute or perform by rotating or revolving - turn handsprings
d) to twist out of line or shape - wrench had turned his ankle
2.
a) (1) to cause to change position by moving through an arc of a circle - turned her chair to the fire
(2) to cause to move around a center so as to show another side of - turn the page
(3) to cause (as a scale) to move so as to register weight
b) to revolve mentally think over - ponder
3.
a) to reverse the sides or surfaces of as - invert turn pancakes turn the shirt inside out
(1) to dig or plow so as to bring the lower soil to the surface - turn the compost weekly
(2) to make (as a garment) over by reversing the material and resewing - turn a collar
(3) to invert feet up and face down (as a character, rule, or slug) in setting type
b) to reverse or upset the order or disposition of - everything was turned topsy-turvy
c) to disturb or upset the mental balance of - derange unsettle a mind turned by grief
d) to set in another especially contrary direction
4.
a) to bend or change the course of - divert a battle that turned the tide of history
b) to cause to retreat - used fire hoses to turn the mob
c) to alter the drift, tendency, or expected result of
d) to bend a course around or about - round turned the corner at full speed
5.
a) (1) to direct or point (as the face) in a specified way or direction
(2) to present by a change in direction or position - turning his back to his guests
b) to bring to bear (as by aiming, pointing, or focusing) - train turned the light into the dark doorway turned a questioning eye toward her
c) to direct (as the attention or mind) toward or away from something
d) to direct the employment of - apply devote turned his skills to the service of humankind
e) (1) to cause to rebound or recoil - turns their argument against them
(2) to make antagonistic - prejudice turn a child against its mother
f) (1) to cause to go in a particular direction - turned our steps homeward
(2) - drive send turn cows to pasture turning hunters off his land
(3) to convey or direct out of an inverted receptacle - turn the mixture into a baking dish
6.
a) (1) to make acid or sour
(2) to change the color of (as foliage)
b) (1) - convert transform turn defeat into victory
(2) - translate paraphrase
c) to cause to become of a specified nature or appearance - turned him into a frog embarrassment turned her face red
d) to exchange for something else - turn coins into paper money
e) to cause to defect to another side
7.
a) to shape especially in a rounded form by applying a cutting tool while revolving in a lathe
b) to give a rounded form to by any means - turn the heel of a sock
c) to shape or mold artistically, gracefully, or neatly - a well turned phrase
8.
to make a fold, bend, or curve in
a) to form by bending - turn a lead pipe
b) to cause (the edge of a blade) to bend back or over - blunt dull
9.
a) to keep (as money or goods) moving , specifically to dispose of (a stock) to make room for another
b) to gain in the course of business - turning a quick profit
c) to make use of - turned her education to advantage
d) to carry to completion - pull off turned a double play turn a deal
10.
intransitive verb
to engage in (an act of prostitution) - turn tricks
1.
a) to move around on an axis or through an arc of a circle - rotate
b) to become giddy or dizzy - spin heights always made his head turn
c) (1) to have as a decisive factor - hinge the argument turns on a point of logic the outcome of the game turned on an interception
(2) to have a center (as of interest) in something specified - the discussion turned on the overall worth of the project
(3) to become focused on something specified - the conversation turned to baseball
2.
a) to direct one's course
b) (1) to reverse a course or direction - the tide has turned
(2) to have a reactive usually adverse effect
c) to take a different course or direction - turned toward home the main road turns sharply to the right
3.
a) to change position (as of one's head) so as to face another way - everyone turned to stare
b) to face toward or away from someone or something - flowers turn toward the light
c) to change one's attitude or reverse one's course of action to one of opposition or hostility - felt the world had turned against him
d) to make a sudden violent assault especially without evident cause - dogs turning on their owners
4.
a) to direct one's attention to or away from someone or something
b) (1) to change one's religion
(2) to go over to another side or party - defect
c) to have recourse - refer resort turned to a friend for help turned to his notes for the exact figures
d) to direct one's efforts or activity devote or apply oneself - turned to the study of the law turned to a life of crime
5.
a) to become changed, altered, or transformed as - the weather turned
(1) archaic to become different
(2) to change color - the leaves have turned
(3) to become sour, rancid, or tainted - the milk had turned
(4) to be variable or inconstant
(5) to become mentally unbalanced become deranged
b) (1) to pass from one state to another - change water had turned to ice
(2) - become grow his hair had turned gray the weather turned bad just turned twenty
(3) to become someone or something specified by change from another state change into - turn pro doctors turned authors
(4) to change by the passage of time - days turned into weeks and months
6.
to become curved or bent (as from pressure) , especially to become blunted by bending - the edge of the knife had turned
7.
to operate a lathe
8.
of merchandise to be stocked and disposed of change hands
1.
a) the action or an act of about a center or axis - turning revolution rotation
b) any of various rotating or pivoting movements in dancing or gymnastics
2.
a) the action or an act of giving or taking a different direction change of course or posture as - an illegal left turn
(1) a drill maneuver in which troops in mass formation change direction without preserving alignment
(2) any of various shifts of direction in skiing
(3) an interruption of a curve in figure skating
b) - deflection deviation
c) the action or an act of turning so as to face in the opposite direction reversal of posture or course - an about turn the turn of the tide
d) a change effected by turning over to another side - a turn of the cards
e) a place at which something , turns off, or turns back - turns bend curve
3.
a short trip out and back or round about - took a turn through the park
4.
an act or deed affecting another especially when incidental or unexpected - one good turn deserves another
5.
a) a period of action or activity - go spell took a turn at the piano
b) a place, time, or opportunity accorded an individual or unit of a series in simple succession or in a scheduled order - waiting her turn in line
c) a period or tour of duty - shift
d) a short act or piece (as for a variety show) , also public appearance - performance makes frequent guest star turns
e) (1) an event in any gambling game after which bets are settled
(2) the order of the last three cards in faro - used in the phrase call the turn
6.
something that revolves around a center as
a) (1) - lathe
(2) a catch or latch for a cupboard or cabinet door operated by turning a handle
b) a musical ornament consisting of a group of four or more notes that wind about the principal note by including the notes next above and next below
7.
a special purpose or requirement - used chiefly in the phrase serve one's turn
8.
a) an act of changing - alteration modification a nasty turn in the weather
b) a change in tendency, trend, or drift - hoped for a turn in his luck a turn for the better an unexpected turn of events
c) the beginning of a new period of time the time when one period changes to the next - the turn of the century
9.
a) distinctive quality or character
b) a fashioning of language or arrangement of words manner of expression - skillful turns of phrase
c) the shape or mold in which something is fashioned - cast
10.
a) the state or manner of being coiled or twisted
b) a single round (as of rope passed about an object or of wire wound on a core)
11.
natural or special ability or aptitude - bent inclination a turn for logic an optimistic turn of mind
12.
a special twist, construction, or interpretation - gave the old yarn a new turn
13.
a) a disordering spell or attack (as of illness, faintness, or dizziness)
b) a nervous start or shock - snuck up on her and gave her quite a turn
14.
a) a complete transaction involving a purchase and sale of securities , also a profit from such a transaction
b) - turnover
15.
something or to be turned as - turned
a) a character or slug inverted in setting type
b) a piece of type placed bottom up
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
turn (noun)1.
a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure
SYNONYMS:
amble, constitutional, perambulation, ramble, range, saunter, stroll, turn, wanderRELATED WORDS:
parade, paseo, promenade; expedition, hike, march, peregrination, traipse, tramp, travel, traversal, traverse, trek, trip, walkabout; excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, sally, sashay, spin, tour; pilgrimage, progress, safari2.
an act of kind assistance
SYNONYMS:
benevolence, boon, courtesy, grace, indulgence, kindness, mercy, service, turnRELATED WORDS:
dispensation, waiver; advantage, benefit, blessing, godsend, manna; liberty, license ( licence), privilegeNEAR ANTONYMS:
hindrance, hurdle, impediment, interference, obstacle3.
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
SYNONYMS:
affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, bone, devices, disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turnRELATED WORDS:
favor, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudice; endowment, faculty, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent; addiction, appetite, fancy, fondness, like, liking, preference, taste; forte, speciality, specialty; convention, custom, habit, pattern, practice ( practise), routine, trick, way, wont; eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularityNEAR ANTONYMS:
allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, distaste; detachment, impartiality, neutrality, objectivity; apathy, disinterestedness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern4.
something that curves or is curved
SYNONYMS:
angle, arc, arch, bow, crook, curvature, curve, inflection, turn, windRELATED WORDS:
kink, warp; circle, ring, ringlet, round; coil, curl, curlicue ( curlycue); buckle, convolution, flexure, fold, loop, spiral, swirl, twist, winding; incurvature, reflection; decline, inclination, incline, slope; corner, turnoff; dogleg, hairpin5.
a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder
SYNONYMS:
access, bout, case, fit, seizure, siege, spell, turnRELATED WORDS:
recurrence, relapse; brainstorm, convulsion, eclampsia, pang, paroxysm, spasm, throe; agitation, frenzy; breakdown, collapse, prostrationNEAR ANTONYMS:
arrest, relief, remission6.
a performance regularly presented by an individual or group
SYNONYMS:
bit, number, routine, shtick ( schtick shtik), turnRELATED WORDS:
signature1.
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis
SYNONYMS:
pivot, revolve, roll, rotate, spin, swing, swirl, swivel, twirl, twist, wheel, whirlRELATED WORDS:
screw, unscrew; twiddle; coil, crank, reel, wind; circulate2.
to change the course or direction of (something)
SYNONYMS:
deflect, divert, redirect, swing, veer, wheel, whipRELATED WORDS:
avert, deviate, move, rechannel, shift, shunt, sidetrack, swerve, switch, transfer; swivel, twist, whirl, zigzag; bend, curve, sway; reverse, turn back3.
to change one's course or direction
SYNONYMS:
detour, deviate, diverge, sheer, swerve, swing, turn off, veer, wheelRELATED WORDS:
tack, zigzag; double (back), turn back4.
to eventually have as a state or quality
SYNONYMS:
come, get, go, grow, run, turn, waxRELATED WORDS:
alter, change, metamorphose, modify, mutate, transfigure, transform, transmuteNEAR ANTONYMS:
abide, be, continue, linger, remain, stay5.
to move in circles around an axis or center
SYNONYMS:
gyrate, pinwheel, pirouette, revolve, roll, rotate, turn, twirl, wheel, whirlRELATED WORDS:
coil, curl, curve, round, spiral, swirl, twine, twist, wind; circle, circulate, encircle, orbit, ring; pivot, swivel6.
to give serious and careful thought to
SYNONYMS:
chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, pore (over), question, revolve, ruminate, study, think (about over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with)RELATED WORDS:
muse (upon), reflect (on upon), reminisce; analyze, explore, review; conclude, reason; second-guess, speculate (about); brood (about over), dwell (on upon), fixate (on upon), fret (about over), obsess (about over); believe, conceive, opine; absorb, assimilate, digest, drink (in)NEAR ANTONYMS:
disregard, ignore, overlook, slight; dismiss, pooh-pooh ( pooh), reject7.
to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)
SYNONYMS:
hang, hinge, ride, turnRELATED WORDS:
base, establish, found, rest, stay; ground8.
to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around
SYNONYMS:
reel, swim, turn, whirlRELATED WORDS:
swirlNEAR ANTONYMS:
calm, collect; settle, steady9.
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
SYNONYMS:
bias, poison, turnRELATED WORDS:
dispose, incline, predispose; influence, prepossess; convince, persuade, suggestto take sudden, violent action against
SYNONYMS:
assail, assault, beset, bushwhack, charge, descend (on upon), go in (on), jump (on), pounce (on upon), raid, rush, set on, sic ( sick), storm, strike, trash, turn (on)RELATED WORDS:
bum-rush, gang up (on), mob, swarm; mug, rob; ambuscade, ambush, surprise ( surprize), waylay; blitz, bomb, bombard, nuke; barrage, cannon, cannonade; bang away (at), batter, buffet, plaster; beleaguer, besiege, press; harry, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sack; foray, invade, overrun; envelop, flankNEAR ANTONYMS:
cover, defend, guard, protect, secure, shieldto use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage
SYNONYMS:
consult, go (to), refer (to), turn (to)RELATED WORDS:
employ, use, utilize; depend (on), rely (on)