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turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary

turn
verb
/tɜrn/
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
Type Words
Synonyms plough, plow
Type of till
Has types ridge, disk, harrow


turn the earth in the Spring.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
twist suddenly so as to sprain
Type Words
Synonyms rick, sprain, twist, wrench, wrick
Type of injure, wound


I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
Type Words
Synonyms grow
Type of change
Has types bald
Verb group change state


The weather turned nasty.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
Type Words
Synonyms turn over
Type of displace, move
Has types leaf, evert
Derivation turner


turn a page of a book.

turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary

turn
verb
/tɜrn/
undergo a change or development
Type Words
Synonyms become
Type of transform, metamorphose, transmute
Has types add up, choke, amount, come, reduce, nucleate, boil down, come down, suffocate
Verb group change state


The water turned into ice.
He turned traitor.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
let (something) fall or spill from a container
Type Words
Synonyms release
Type of channel, channelise, transfer, channelize, transmit, transport
Has types deflate, throw


turn the flour onto a plate.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
Type Words
Synonyms bend, deform, flex, twist
Type of change shape, change form, deform
Has types convolute, convolve, crank, dent, gnarl, incurvate, indent


the strong man could turn an iron bar.

turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary

turn
verb
/tɜrn/
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Type Words
Synonyms change state
Type of change
Has types hot up, ignite, improve, gain, frenchify, freeze, inspissate, integrate, fly high, fluctuate, ionise, ionize, kick the bucket, flourish, liberate, liquefy, fit out, loosen up, fill up, fill, meliorate, melt off, ferment, acetify, fall, fade out, fade away, explode, expire, exit, etherify, open, open up, esterify, ossify, overgrow, erupt, pass, pass away, pass out, equilibrate, perish, enclothe, emulsify, pop off, empty, emancipate, precipitate, emaciate, prosper, put on, raiment, react, drop dead, reduce, dress, relapse, relax, dissolve, resuscitate, disengage, discharge, die, revive, denitrify, decompress, decline, decease, curdle, cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise, croak, secularise, secularize, cool off, cool it, cool down, settle down, cool, conk, shut, simmer down, slenderize, conflagrate, slim, slim down, slow down, concentrate, snuff it, solvate, sorb, sour, conceive, come to, come alive, combust, coke, coagulate, cloud over, clothe, clot, close, clabber, take fire, citrate, take up, tangle with, tense, tense up, thicken, thin, thrive, thrombose, chondrify, choke, tog, chill out, chill, catch fire, catalyze, catalyse, zonk out, cash in one's chips, carnify, carburize, carburise, carbonize, carbonise, calm down, calm, calcify, buy the farm, burst forth, burn, break loose, break, get worse, go, get into, get, garment, habilitate, garb, heat, heat up, homogenise, homogenize, work, worsen, give-up the ghost, boil, black out, better, become, be born, basify, awaken, awake, arouse, apparel, ameliorate, alkalize, unbend, alkalise, alkalify, unwind, wake, wake up, waken, acidify
Verb group become, grow
Derivation turning


We turned from Socialism to Capitalism.
The people turned against the President when he stole the election.

turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary

turn
verb
/tɜrn/
pass to the other side of
Type Words
Synonyms move around
Type of locomote, move, travel, go


turn the corner.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
Type Words
Synonyms call on
Type of appeal, invoke


She turned to her relatives for help.

turn::noun | Spocien Dictionary

turn
noun
/tɜrn/
turning or twisting around (in place)
Type Words
Synonyms twist
Type of rotation, rotary motion
Has types twiddle

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turn
noun
/tɜrn/
a favor for someone
Type Words
Synonyms good turn
Type of favor, favour


he did me a good turn.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
change to the contrary
Type Words
Synonyms change by reversal, reverse
Type of change
Has types flip-flop, transmogrify, desynchronize, undo, desynchronise, unhallow, alternate, turn the tide, turn the tables, transfigure, correct, transpose, switch, permute, exchange, interchange, return, falsify, metamorphose, flip, commutate, revert, desecrate, regress, retrovert, tack, deconsecrate, rectify, turn back, right, commute, switch over


the tides turned against him.
public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern.

turn::noun | Spocien Dictionary

turn
noun
/tɜrn/
(game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
Type Words
Synonyms play
Type of activity
Has types move, start, starting, trick, trumping, lead, at-bat, ruff, innings, down, attack, bat


it is my turn.

turn::noun | Spocien Dictionary

turn
noun
/tɜrn/
a short performance that is part of a longer program
Type Words
Synonyms act, bit, number, routine
Type of performance, public presentation
Has types show-stopper, stopper, showstopper

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turn
noun
/tɜrn/
a circular segment of a curve
Type Words
Synonyms bend, crook, twist
Type of curved shape, curve
Has types bight

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turn
noun
/tɜrn/
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
Type Words
Synonyms bout, round
Type of section, division, part
Has types top, bottom, top of the inning, bottom of the inning

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turn
noun
/tɜrn/
a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
Type Words
Synonyms go, spell, tour
Type of shift, duty period, work shift

turn::noun | Spocien Dictionary

turn
noun
/tɜrn/
a movement in a new direction
Type Words
Synonyms turning
Type of movement, motion
Has types gyration, return, reversal, yaw, swerve, turn around, revolution, rotation, volution, coming back


the turning of the wind.

turn::noun | Spocien Dictionary

turn
noun
/tɜrn/
an unforeseen development
Type Words
Synonyms turn of events, twist
Type of development


events suddenly took an awkward turn.

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turn
noun
/tɜrn/
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
Type Words
Synonyms turning
Type of change of course
Has types left, digression, deviation, deflection, deflexion, version, veering, three-point turn, kick turn, telemark, divagation, swerving, swerve, stem turn, stem, diversion, right


he took a turn to the right.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
go sour or spoil
Type Words
Synonyms ferment, sour, work
Type of change state
Verb group work, ferment


The cream has turned--we have to throw it out.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
accomplish by rotating
Type Words
Type of do, perform
Derivation turner


turn a somersault.
turn cartwheels.

turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary

turn
verb
/tɜrn/
alter the functioning or setting of
Type Words
Type of control, operate


turn the dial to 10.
turn the heat down.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
become officially one year older
Type Words
Type of age, maturate, senesce, get on, mature


She is turning 50 this year.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
Type Words
Type of modify, alter, change
Verb group become


The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him.
The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
Type Words
Type of displace, move
Has types bring about


turn your face to the wall.
turn the car around.
turn your dance partner around.

turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary

turn
verb
/tɜrn/
cause to move around or rotate
Type Words
Type of move, displace
Has types supinate, port, reorient


turn a key.
turn your palm this way.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
change color
Type Words
Type of colour, discolour, grow, color, discolor


In Vermont, the leaves turn early.

turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary

turn
verb
/tɜrn/
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
Type Words
Type of move
Has types slue, slew, sheer, rotate, corner, corkscrew, flip, face, gyrate, overturn, pivot, port, about-face, pronate, veer, divert, twist, turn over, avert, turn out, turn on a dime, turn off, bend, turn away, turn around, caracole, tump over, trend, deviate, gee, flip over, deflect, roll, cut, curve, toss, tip over, roll over, circumvolve, swivel, coil, swing around, swing about, swerve, spread out, splay, spiral
Derivation turning


The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face.
She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs.

turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary

turn
verb
/tɜrn/
channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
Type Words
Type of direct, send
Has types take up


The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction.
people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium.

turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary

turn
verb
/tɜrn/
direct at someone
Type Words
Type of take, take aim, aim, train, direct


She turned a smile on me.
They turned their flashlights on the car.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
get by buying and selling
Type Words
Type of get, acquire


the company turned a good profit after a year.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
move around an axis or a center
Type Words
Type of move
Has types rotate, revolve, go around


The wheels are turning.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
Type Words
Type of form, shape
Derivation turnery, turner


turn the legs of the table.
turn the clay on the wheel.

turn::noun | Spocien Dictionary

turn
noun
/tɜrn/
taking a short walk out and back
Type Words
Type of walk


we took a turn in the park.

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turn
noun
/tɜrn/
the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
Type Words
Type of reorientation, change of direction


he made an abrupt turn away from her.

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turn
verb
/tɜrn/
to send or let go
Type Words
Type of send, direct


They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion.
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.