The Collaborative International Dictionary
Turn \Turn\, v. i.
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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.
The gate . . . on golden hinges turning.
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Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of war.
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To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.
If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our advantage.
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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. Turn from thy fierce wrath. --Ex. xxxii. 12. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek. xxxiii. 1
The understanding turns inward on itself, and reflects on its own operations.
--Locke.
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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.
I hope you have no intent to turn husband.
--Shak.Cygnets from gray turn white.
--Bacon. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.
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Specifically:
To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
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To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn.
--Shak. To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales.
To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide.
(Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
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(Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted. To turn about, to face to another quarter; to turn around. To turn again, to come back after going; to return. --Shak. To turn against, to become unfriendly or hostile to. To turn aside or To turn away.
To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a company; to deviate.
To depart; to remove.
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To avert one's face. To turn back, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction; to retrace one's steps. To turn in.
To bend inward.
To enter for lodgings or entertainment.
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To go to bed. [Colloq.] To turn into, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a side street. To turn off, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as, the road turns off to the left. To turn on or To turn upon.
To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.
To reply to or retort.
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To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition. To turn out.
To move from its place, as a bone.
To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.
To rise from bed. [Colloq.]
To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to the fire.
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To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the crops turned out poorly. To turn over, to turn from side to side; to roll; to tumble. To turn round.
To change position so as to face in another direction.
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To change one's opinion; to change from one view or party to another. To turn to, to apply one's self to; have recourse to; to refer to. ``Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all occasions.'' --Locke. To turn to account, profit, advantage, or the like, to be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the while. To turn under, to bend, or be folded, downward or under. To turn up.
To bend, or be doubled, upward.
To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur; to happen.