![]() ![]() to exit (a road) and proceed in a different direction: to turn off the highway and take the local road.to extinguish (a light): Turn off the lights and go to bed.to stop the flow of (water, etc.), as by closing a faucet or valve: The electrician turned off the electricity to the house. ![]() Retire: I'm exhausted I think I'll turn in. He'd turn in his own mother if the reward was enough. to inform on (someone): Someone turned us in.to give (something) to someone in authority: Turn in your badge and report to the office.She asked him to marry her, but he turned her down. to refuse or reject (a person, etc.): They turned down your request for promotion.Lessen: to turn down the heat in the classroom. turned away anyone without an invitation.įold down: to turn down (the sheets or blankets of) a bed. to refuse to allow (someone) to enter: The guards turned us away. ![]() to move the eyes away from someone or something: I offered her my hand, but she just turned away.to go to someone for help or information: to turn to a friend for a loan.to direct one's gaze, etc., toward or away from someone or something: His gaze turned slowly from the window to his visitor.to hinge or depend: The whole question turns on this point.to disorder the condition of: The crooks turned the apartment (upside down) looking for money.Sport to perform (a gymnastic feat) by rotating or revolving: turned a somersault.Wrench: He turned his ankle when he fell. to earn or gain: She turned a profit on the sale.to (cause to) be angry (with) or betray: to turn children against their parents.to (cause to) be persuaded to change or reorder the course of one's life: He turned her to a life of crime.to form or express gracefully: In her letter writing she really shows an ability to turn a phrase.ĭrive: She turned him away.Building to shape (a piece of metal, etc.) into form with a cutting tool while rotating it on a lathe.to reach or pass (a certain age, etc.): He turned sixty last week.to pass around: knew he was being followed, so he turned a corner and vanished.to (cause to) be put or applied to some use or purpose: He turned his mind to more practical matters.My stomach turned at the thought of all that violence. Pathology, British Termsto (cause to) be affected with nausea, as the stomach: Violence turns her stomach.to (cause to) become sour or go bad: In the heat the milk turned.The leaves have begun to turn they're now a beautiful yellow. to change the color of (leaves): The shortening of daylight has turned the leaves.To (make something) become something else: Worry has turned his hair gray. to change or alter the nature or appearance of.The conversation turned to more pleasant topics. to change the focus or tendency of: She turned the conversation to a topic that was more pleasant.Move into a different position: to turn the handle one notch. to change the position or direction of.to bring the lower layers of (soil, etc.) to the surface, as in plowing: to turn the fields.to direct, aim, or set toward: He turned his car toward the center of town.The suspect turned and began to fire his gun. to reverse the position or placement of: to turn a page.to (cause to) move around or partly around: to turn a key in a door.to (cause to) move around on an axis or about a center.having a part that turns over, as a collar.Sport the loss of possession of the ball to the opponents, through misplays or infractions of the rules.Fooda baked or deep-fried pastry with a sweet or savory filling in which half the dough is turned over the filling and the edges sealed to form a semicircle or triangle.one involving a change or shift of personnel. a reorganization of a political organization, business, etc., esp. ![]()
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