Dictionary entries for 'turn' - Ask.com UK Search

Synonyms

turn

change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense: "Turn towards me"
undergo a change or development: "The water turned into ice"
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action: "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"
cause to move around or rotate: "turn a key"
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute: become
to send or let go: "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"
pass to the other side of: "turn the corner"
move around an axis or a center: "The wheels are turning"
cause to move around a center so as to show another side of: "turn a page of a book"
change to the contrary: "The trend was reversed"
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow: "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"
change color: "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
cause to change or turn into something different: assume new characteristics

a circular segment of a curve: "a bend in the road"
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course: "he took a turn to the right"

verb