English-Thai Dictionary
turn
N การ หมุน การ หมุนรอบ kan-muan
turn
N การ เดินเล่น kan-doen-len
turn
N การ เปลี่ยน การสลับ kan-pian
turn
N การ เลี้ยว การ หัน kan-liao
turn
N คราว เวร รอบ ตา ที kao
turn
N วง เลี้ยว wong-liao
turn
N หน้าที่ งานประจำ na-ti
turn
N เหตุการณ์ เปลี่ยนแปลง การ พลิกผัน (เหตุการณ์ hed-kan-pian-plang
turn
N โค้ง kong
turn
N โอกาส โอกาสดี o-kad
turn
VI บูด เสีย bud
turn
VI เปลี่ยน แปลง pian
turn
VT กลายเป็น เปลี่ยนเป็น klai-pen
turn
VT ปล่อย เปลี่ยน ถ่าย ploi
turn
VT ผลัด (ใบ plad
turn
VT ย้อนกลับ หัน ย้อน ถอยหลัง yon-kab
turn
VT เปลี่ยน (ความคิด ทำให้ เชื่อ ยุยง pian
turn
VT เปลี่ยน เปลี่ยนแปลง pian
turn
VT เลี้ยว เบี่ยง เบน liao
turn (over) in one's grave
IDM(คนที่ ตาย ไป แล้ว ตกใจ (คนที่ ตาย ไป แล้ว ตื่นตระหนก ขวัญหาย tok-jai
turn a blind eye to
IDM เพิกเฉย ไม่สน ใจ ทำ เป็น มองไม่เห็น poek-choi
turn a blind eye to
IDM แสร้งทำ ไม่เห็น ทำ ไม่รู้ไม่เห็น shut to sang-tam-hai-hen
turn a cold shoulder to
IDM แสร้งทำ เมินเฉย เมิน ไม่แยแส sang-moen-choi
turn a deaf ear (to something)
IDM เพิกเฉย ไม่สน ใจ ทำ เป็น มองไม่เห็น poek-choi
turn a deaf ear to
IDM แสร้งทำ ไม่ได้ ยิน sang-tam-mai-dai-yin
turn about
IDM ผลัดกัน plad-kan
turn it in
SL หยุด นะ yud-na
turn it in
SL เย็น ลง yen-long
turn it up
IDM หยุด นะ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ หยุด เดี๋ยวนี้ yud-na
turn left
PHRV เลี้ยวซ้าย หัน ทางซ้าย bear left keep left liao-sai
turn loose
PHRV ปล่อย เป็นอิสระ get free ploi-pen-id-sa-ra
turn of the century
IDM ใกล้ ปีใหม่ kai-pe-mai
turn off
PHRV ปิด (น้ำ แก๊ซ ไฟฟ้า put off pid
turn off
PHRV มี สีหน้า หรือ ท่าทาง turn on me-se-na-rue-ta-te
turn off
PHRV สร้าง ผลิต sang
turn off
PHRV เปลี่ยนไป ทาง ใหม่ pian-pai-tang-mai
turn off
PHRV เลิกจ้าง lok-jang
turn off
PHRV เลิก ชอบ เลิก สนใจ be off go off lok-chob
turn off
PHRV เลิก สนใจ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ เลิก ใส่ใจ lok-son-jai
turn off
PHRV แยกจาก yeak-jak
turn on
PHRV ขึ้นอยู่กับ depend on hang on kuan-yu-kab
turn on
PHRV จู่โจม กระโจน ใส่ turn against ju-jom
turn on
PHRV ทำให้ น่าสนใจ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ ทำให้ ตื่นเต้น ทำให้ ตกใจ switch on trip out tam-hai-na-son-jai
turn on
PHRV หันไป ทาง หัน (บางสิ่ง )ไป ทาง han-pai-tang
turn on
PHRV เปิด put on poed
turn on
PHRV เริ่ม แสดง สีหน้า หรือ ท่าทาง turn off roem-se-na-rue-ta-tang
turn on the heat (on someone)
IDM สร้าง ความกดดัน ให้ ทำ บางสิ่ง sang-kwam-kod-dan-hai-tam-bang-sing
turn on the waterworks
IDM เริ่ม ร้องไห้ roem-rong-hai
turn one's back (on someone / something)
IDM ละทิ้ง เพิกเฉย la-ting
turn one's back on
IDM หันกลับ ไป ยัง han-klab-pai-yang
turn one's coat
IDM เปลี่ยนความคิด เปลี่ยนไป เชื่อ ฝ่ายตรงข้าม pian-kwam-kid
turn one's face towards
IDM เริ่ม เดินทาง roem-doen-tang
turn one's hand to
IDM สามารถ ทำ sa-mad-tam
turn out
PHRV ดับไฟ ปิดไฟ put off dub-fai
turn out a new leaf
IDM เริ่ม ชีวิต ใหม่ เริ่มใหม่ ด้วย ความตั้งใจ จะ ทำให้ ดีกว่า เดิม เริ่ม อีก ครั้ง โดย ไม่สน ใจ อดีต ที่ผ่านมา roem-che-wid-mai
turn out all right
IDM จบ อย่าง มีความสุข จบ ด้วยดี เสร็จสิ้น อย่างราบรื่น job-yang-me-kwam-suk
turn out of
PHRV เอา ออกจาก ออกจาก aol-ook-jak
turn out to be
IDM กลับ กลายเป็น kab-kai-peb
turn over
PHRV(ท้อง ไส้ ปั่นป่วน (ใจ สั่น pan-puan
turn over
PHRV(พนักงาน ลา ออกจาก บริษัท la-ook-jak-bo-ri-sad
turn over
PHRV ค้นหา kon-ha
turn over
PHRV ทำให้ ป่วย ทำให้ ไม่สบาย turn up tam-hai-puai
turn over
PHRV พลิก (หน้า หนังสือ plik
turn over
PHRV เงย ขึ้น เงย แหงนหน้า plough up roll over ngai-kuan
turn over to
PHRV มอบ คืน ส่งคืน mob-kuan
turn over to
PHRV ส่ง ให้ มอบให้ song-hai
turn pale
VI หน้าซีด na-sid
turn signal
N ไฟเลี้ยว fai-liao
turn someone's head
IDM ทำให้ อวดดี ทำให้ หยิ่งยโส tam-hai-aud-de
turn someone's stomach
IDM ทำให้ ไม่สบาย ทำให้ ป่วย ram-hai-mai-sa-bai
turn something to (good) account
IDM ใช้ประโยชน์ chai-pra-yod
turn the heat on (someone)
IDM กดดัน ให้ ทำ สิ่งใดสิ่งหนึ่ง kod-dan-hai-tam-sing-dai-sing-nuang
turn the other cheek
IDM เมินเฉย ต่อ คำ ดูถูก ไม่สน ใจ คำสบประมาท moen-choi-tor-kam-du-tuk
turn the tables (on)
IDM พลิก สถานการณ์ ให้ บางคน ตก อยู่ ใน ตำแหน่ง หรือ สภาพ ที่ แตกต่าง ออก ไป pik-sa-ta-na-kan-hai-bang-kon
turn the tide
IDM พลิก สถานการณ์ เปลี่ยน สถานการณ์ plik-sa-ta-na-kan
turn to
PHRV หันกลับ ไป (ทำงานหนัก เพื่อ ช่วย han-kab-pai
turn to
PHRV หันไป หันกลับ ไป turn towards han-pai
turn to
PHRV เปลี่ยน (คำพูด ความหมาย เป็น turn into pian-kwam-mai-pen
turn to
PHRV เปลี่ยน (ทิศทาง ไป ทาง veer to pian-pai-tang
turn to
PHRV เริ่มต้น (วิถีชีวิต roem-ton
turn topsy-turvy
PHRV ทำให้ ยุ่งเหยิง ทำให้ กระจุกกระจุย tam-hai-yung-yoeng
turn topsy-turvy
PHRV สับสน วุ่นวาย sab-son
turn topsy-turvy
PHRV หงายท้อง พลิก turn inside out turn turtle ngai-tong
turn towards
PHRV หันไป ทาง หันมา ทาง turn to han-pai-tang
turn towards
PHRV เปลี่ยน (ความคิด ไป ทาง pian-pai-tang
turn turtle
IDM พลิกคว่ำ plik-kwam
turn turtle
PHRV(เรือ พลิกคว่ำ (ก่อน จม turn topsy-turvy turn upside down plik-kwam
turn under
PHRV พับ ไว้ pab-wai
turn up
PHRV ขุด พบ โดยบังเอิญ plough up kud-pob-doi-bang-aong
turn up
PHRV ทำให้ ป่วย (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ ทำให้ ไม่สบาย turn over tam-hai-puai
turn up
PHRV พับ ให้ สั้น ตัด ให้ สั้น take up pab-hai-san
turn up
PHRV มาถึง (โดย ไม่ คาด คิดมาก่อน show up ma-tung
turn up
PHRV หงาย พลิก ขึ้น turn over ngai
turn up
PHRV เพิ่ม เสียง เปิดไฟ poem-siang
turn up one's toes
IDM ตาย (คำ สแลง tai
turn up trumps
IDM โชคดี ประสบความสำเร็จ (อย่าง น่าแปลกใจ ไม่น่าเชื่อ come up chok-de
turnabout
N การ หมุนรอบ การ หันกลับ kan-muan-rob
turnabout
N การเปลี่ยนแปลง ความคิดเห็น kan-pian-plang-kwam-kid-hen
turnaround
N การ หมุน ไป รอบๆ การ เลี้ยว กลับ kan-muan-pai-rob-rob
turnbuckle
N ข้อต่อ สาย ลวด kor-tor-sai-luad
turncoat
N คน ทรยศ kon-tor-ra-yod
turndown
N การ ปฏิเสธ การล้ม ลง kan-pa-ti-sed
turner
N ผู้ หมุน phu-muan
turnery
N การกลึง โรง กลึง งาน ผลิตภัณ ฑ์ การกลึง
turning
N การกลึง kan-klung
turning
N การ หมุน kan-muan
turning
N จุด เลี้ยว jud-liao
turning
N สิ่ง ที่ หมุน sing-ti-muan
turning point
N จุดวิกฤติ หัวเลี้ยวหัวต่อ jud-wi-kid
turning point
N จุด เลี้ยว หัวมุม หัวเลี้ยว jud-liao
turnip
N ต้น หัวผักกาด ton-hua-pak-kad
turnip
N หัวผักกาด hua-pak-kad
turnkey
N พัศดี ผู้คุม นักโทษ pad-sa-de
turnoff
N ถนน เส้น เล็ก ที่ แยกจาก เส้นใหญ่ ta-non-sen-lek-ti-yeak-jak-sen-yai
turnout
N การ ชุมนุม kan-chum-num
turnout
N ผลิตภัณ ฑ์ ผลิตผล pa-lid-ta-pan
turnover
ADJ ที่ พลิกกลับ ได้ ti-pik-kab-dai
turnover
N การ คว่ำ kan-kwam
turnover
N การ พลิกกลับ kan-pik-kab
turnover
N การ หมุนเวียน kan-muan-wian
turnover
N การเปลี่ยนแปลง kan-pian-plang
turnover
N จำนวน ขาย jam-nuan-kai
turnover
N อัตรา การ ลาออก ad-tra-kan-la-ook
turnpike
N ด่าน เก็บเงิน บำรุง ถนน dan-kab-ngen-bam-rung-ta-non
turnpike
N ถนน สำหรับ รถยนต์ ที่ วิ่ง ด้วย ความเร็ว สูง t-non-sam-rab-rod-yon-ti-wing-duai-kwam-reo-sung
turnsole
N พืช พวก Heliotropium หรือ Chrozophora tinctoria ที่ ชอบ หัน เข้าหา ดวงอาทิตย์
turnspit
N ไม้ หรือ เหล็ก เสียบ เนื้อ ใช้ หมุน ปิ้ง
turnstile
N ทางเข้า ที่ มี แกน หมุน ให้ ผ่าน ได้ที ละ คน tang-kao-ti-me-kan-muan-hai-pan-dan
turnstone
N นก พวก Arenaria
turntable
N จาน หมุน ของ เครื่องเล่น แผ่นเสียง จาน หมุน ของ โต๊ะอาหาร
turnup
ADJ ที่ พับ ขึ้น ti-pab-kuan
turnup
N การ เปลี่ยน เพิ่มขึ้น kan-pian-poe-kuan
turnup
N สิ่ง ที่ พับ กลับ sing-ti-pab-klab
turnup
N ส่วน ที่ พับ ขึ้น ของ ขา กางเกง suen-ti-pab-kuan-ka-kang-kang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TURN
v.t.[L. turnus; torniare, to turn; tornare, to return; torneare, tornire, to turn, to fence round, to tilt; torniamento, tournament. ] 1. To cause to move in a circular course; as, to turn a wheel; to turn a spindle; to turn the body.
2. To change or shift sides; to put the upper side downwards, or one side in the place of the other. It is said a hen turns her eggs often when sitting.
3. To alter, as a position.
Expert
When to advance, or stand, or turn the sway of battle.
4. To cause to preponderate; to change the state of a balance; as, to turn the scale.
5. To bring the inside out; as, to turn a coat.
6. To alter, as the posture of the body, or direction of the look.
The monarch turns him to his royal guest.
7. To form on a lathe; to make round.
8. To form; to shape; used in the participle; as a body finely turned.
Him limbs how turn'd.
9. To change; to transform; as, to turn evil to good; to turn goods into money.
Impatience turns an ague into a fever.
I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 2 Samuel 15:31.
1 . To metamorphose; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect.
11. To alter or change, as color; as, to turn green to blue.
12. To change or alter in any manner; to vary.
13. To translate; as, to turn Greek into English.
--Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown.
14. To change, as the manner of writing; as, to turn prose into verse.
15. To change, as from one opinion or party to another; as, to turn one from a tory to whig; to turn Mohammedan or a pagan to a Christian.
16. To change in regard to inclination or temper.
Turn thee to me, and have mercy upon me. Psalm 25:16.
17. To change or alter from one purpose or effect to another.
God will make these evils the occasion of greater good, by turning them to our advantage.
18. To transfer.
Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom to David. 1 Chronicles 1 :14.
19. To cause to nauseate or lothe; as, to turn the stomach.
2 . To make giddy.
Eastern priests in giddy circles run,
And turn their heads to imitate the sun.
21. To infatuate; to make mad, wild or enthusiastic; as, to turn the brain.
22. To change direction to or from any point; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn the eyes from a disgusting spectacle.
23. To direct by a change to a certain purpose or object; to direct, as the inclination, thoughts or mind. I have turned my mind to the subject.
My thoughts are turn'd on peace.
24. To revolve; to agitate in the mind.
Turn those ideas about in your mind.
25. To bend from a perpendicular direction; as, to turn the edge of an instrument.
26. To move from a direct course or strait line; to cause to deviate; as, to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course.
27. To apply by a change of use.
When the passage is open, land will be turned most to cattle.
28. To reverse.
The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee. Deuteronomy 3 :3.
29. To keep passing and changing in the course of trade; as, to turn money or stock two or three times in the year.
3 . To adapt the mind; chiefly in the participle.
He was perfectly well turned for trade.
31. To make acid; to sour; as, to turn cider or wine; to turn milk.
32. To persuade to renounce an opinion; to dissuade from a purpose, or cause to change sides. You cannot turn a firm man.
To turn aside, to avert.
To turn away, to dismiss from service; to discard; as, to turn away a servant.
1. To avert; as, to turn away wrath or evil.
To turn back, to return; as, to turn back goods to the seller. [Little used. ]
To turn down, to fold or double down.
To turn in, to fold or double; as, to turn in the edge of cloth.
To turn off, to dismiss contemptuously; as, to turn off a sycophant or parasite.
1. To give over; to resign. We are not so wholly turned off from that reversion.
2. To divert; to deflect; as, to turn off the thoughts from serious subjects.
To be turned of, to be advanced beyond; as, to be turned of sixty six.
To turn out, to drive out; to expel; as, to turn a family out of doors, or out of the house.
1. To put to pasture; as cattle or horses.
To turn over, to change sides; to roll over.
1. To transfer; as, to turn over a business to another hand.
2. To open and examine one leaf after another; as, to turn over a concordance.
3. To overset.
To turn to, to have recourse to.
Helvetius' tables may be turned to on all occasions.
To turn upon, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the arguments of an opponent upon himself.
To turn the back, to flee; to retreat. Exodus 23:27.
To turn the back upon, to quit with contempt; to forsake.
To turn the die or dice, to change fortune.
TURN
v.i.To move round; to have a circular motion; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel. 1. To be directed.
The understanding turns inwards on itself, and reflects on its own operations.
2. To show regard by directing the look towards any thing.
Turn mighty monarch, turn this way;
Do not refuse to hear.
3. To move the body round. He turned to me with a smile.
4. To move; to change posture. Let your body be at rest; do not turn in the least.
5. To deviate; as, to turn from the road or course.
6. To alter; to be changed or transformed; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another.
7. To become by change; as, the fur of certain animals turns in winter.
Cygnets from gray turn white.
8. To change sides. A man in a fever turns often.
9. To change opinions or parties; as, to turn Christian or Mohammedan.
1 . To change the mind or conduct.
Turn from thy fierce wrath. Exodus 32:12.
11. To change to acid; as, mild turns suddenly during a thunder storm.
12. To be brought eventually; to result or terminate in. This trade has not turned to much account or advantage. The application of steam turns to good account, both on land and water.
13. To depend on for decision. The question turns on a single fact or point.
14. To become giddy.
I'll look no more,
Lest my brain turn.
15. To change a course of life; to repent.
Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways, for why will ye die? Ezekiel 33:11.
16. To change the course or direction; as, the tide turns.
To turn about, to move the face to another quarter.
To turn away, to deviate.
1. To depart from; to forsake.
To turn in, to bend inwards.
1. To enter for lodgings or entertainment. Genesis 19:2.
2. To go to bed.
To turn off, to be diverted; to deviate from a course. The road turns off to the left.
To turn on or upon, to reply or retort.
1. To depend on.
To turn out, to move from its place, as a bone.
1. To bend outwards; to project.
2. To rise from bed; also, to come abroad.
To turn over, to turn from side to side; to roll; to tumble.
1. To change sides or parties.
To turn to, to be directed; as, the needle turns to the magnetic pole.
To turn under, to bend or be folded downwards.
To turn up, to bend or be doubled upwards.
TURN
n.The act of turning; movement or motion in a circular direction, whether horizontally, vertically or otherwise; a revolution; as the turn of a wheel. 1. A winding; a meandering course; a bend or bending; as the turn of river.
2. A walk to and from.
I will take a turn in your garden.
3. Change; alteration; vicissitude; as the turns and varieties of passions.
Too well the turns of mortal chance I know.
4. Successive course.
Nobleness and bounty--which virtues had their turns in the king's nature.
5. Manner of proceeding; change of direction. This affair may take a different turn from that which we expect.
6. Chance; hap; opportunity.
Every one has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
7. Occasion; incidental opportunity.
An old dog falling from his speed, was loaded at every turn with blows and reproaches.
8. Time at which, by successive vicissitudes, any thing is to be had or done. They take each other's turn.
His turn will come to laugh at you again.
9. Action of kindness or malice.
Thanks are half lost when good turns are delay'd.
Some malicious natures place their delight in doing ill turns.
1 . Reigning inclination or course. Religion is not to be adapted to the turn and fashion of the age.
11. A step off the ladder at the gallows.
12. Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn.
13. Form; cast; shape; manner; in a literal or figurative sense; as the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation.
The turn of his thoughts and expression is unharmonious.
Female virtues are of a domestic turn.
The Roman poets, in their description of a beautiful man, often mention the turn of his neck and arms.
14. Manner of arranging words in a sentence.
15. Change; new position of things. Some evil happens at every turn of affairs.
16. Change of direction; as the turn of the tide from flood to ebb.
17. One round of a rope or cord.
18. In mining, a pit sunk in some part of a drift.
19. Turn or tourn, in law. The sheriff's turn is a court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county. [England. ]
By turns, one after another; alternately.
They assist each other by turns.
1. At intervals.
They feel by turns the bitter change.
To take turns, to take each other's places alternately.
TURN-BENCH
n.[turn and bench. ] A kind of iron lathe.
TURNCOAT
n.[turn and coat. ] One who forsakes his party or principles.
TURNED
pp. Moved in a circle; changed.
TURNEP
n.[L. napus, a turnep. ] A bulbous root or plant of the genus Brassica, of great value for food; an esculent root of several varieties.
TURNER
n.One whose occupation is to form things with a lathe; one who turns.
TURNERITE
n.A rare mineral occurring in small crystals of a yellowish brown color, externally brilliant and translucent.
TURNERY
n.The art of forming into a cylindrical shape by the lathe. 1. Things made by a turner or in the lathe.
TURNING
ppr. Moving in a circle; changing; winding.
TURNING
n.A winding; a bending course; flexure; meander. 1. Deviation from the way or proper course.
TURNINGNESS
n.Quality of turning; tergivesation. [Not in use. ]
TURNPIKE
n.[turn and pike. ] Strictly, a frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles, and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of breasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms. 1. A gate set across a road to stop travelers and carriages till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair.
2. A turnpike road.
3. In military affairs, a beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage.
TURNPIKE
v.t.To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; to throw the path of a road into a rounded form.
TURNPIKE-ROAD
n.A road on which turnpikes or toll-gates are established by law, and which are made and kept in repair by the toll collected from travelers or passengers who use the road.
TURNSERVING
n.[turn and serve. ] The act or practice of serving one's turn or promoting private interest.
TURN-SICK
a.[turn and sick. ] Giddy.
TURNSOLE
n.[turn and L. sol, the sun. ] A plant of the genus Heliotropium, so named because its flower is supposed to turn towards the sun.
TURNSPIT
n.[turn and spit. ] A person who turns a spit. His lordship is his majesty's turnspit.
1. A variety of the dog, so called from turning the spit.
TURNSTILE
n.[turn and stile. ] A turnpike in a foot-path.
TURNSTONE
n.[turn and stone. ] A bird, called the sea-dotterel, the Tringa morinella, a little larger than an English blackbird. This bird takes its name from its practice of turning up small stones in search of insects.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TURN
Turn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turned; p. pr. & vb. n. Turning. ] Etym: [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. throw. See Throw, and cf. Attorney, Return, Tornado, Tour, Tournament. ]
1. To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head. Turn the adamantine spindle round. Milton. The monarch turns him to his royal guest. Pope.
2. To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat.
3. To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something. "Expert when to advance, or stand, or, turn the sway of battle. " Milton. Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport Her importunity. Milton. My thoughts are turned on peace. Addison.
4. To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote. Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David. 1 Chron. x. 14.God will make these evils the occasion of a greater good, by turning them to advantage in this world. Tillotson. When the passage is open, land will be turned most to cattle; when shut, to sheep. Sir W. Temple.
5. To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindoo to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like. The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee. Deut. xxx. 3.And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 2 Sam. xv. 31. Impatience turns an ague into a fever. Jer. Taylor.
6. To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything ) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal. I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned. Shak.
7. Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt. "The poet's pen turns them to shapes." Shak. His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread! Pope. He was perfectly well turned for trade. Addison.
8. Specifically: -- (a ) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad. Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown. Pope.
(b ) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc. : as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly. (c ) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach. To be turned of, be advanced beyond; as, to be turned of sixty-six. -- To turn a cold shoulder to, to treat with neglect or indifference. -- To turn a corner, to go round a corner. -- To turn adrift, to cast off, to cease to care for. -- To turn a flange (Mech. ), to form a flange on, as around a metal sheet or boiler plate, by stretching, bending, and hammering, or rolling the metal. -- To turn against. (a ) To direct against; as, to turn one's arguments against himself. (b ) To make unfavorable or hostile to; as, to turn one's friends against him. -- To turn a hostile army, To turn the enemy's flank, or the like (Mil. ), to pass round it, and take a position behind it or upon its side. -- To turn a penny, or To turn an honest penny, to make a small profit by trade, or the like. -- To turn around one's finger, to have complete control of the will and actions of; to be able to influence at pleasure. -- To turn aside, to avert. -- To turn away. (a ) To dismiss from service; to discard; as, to turn away a servant. (b ) To avert; as, to turn away wrath or evil. -- To turn back. (a ) To give back; to return. We turn not back the silks upon the merchants, When we have soiled them. Shak. (b ) To cause to return or retrace one's steps; hence, to drive away; to repel. Shak. -- To turn down. (a ) To fold or double down. (b ) To turn over so as to conceal the face of; as, to turn down cards. (c ) To lower, or reduce in size, by turning a valve, stopcock, or the like; as, turn down the lights. -- To turn in. (a ) To fold or double under; as, to turn in the edge of cloth. (b ) To direct inwards; as, to turn the toes in when walking. (c ) To contribute; to deliver up; as, he turned in a large amount. [Colloq. ] -- To turn in the mind, to revolve, ponder, or meditate upon; -- with about, over, etc. " Turn these ideas about in your mind. " I. Watts. -- To turn off. (a ) To dismiss contemptuously; as, to turn off a sycophant or a parasite. (b ) To give over; to reduce. (c ) To divert; to deflect; as, to turn off the thoughts from serious subjects; to turn off a joke. (d ) To accomplish; to perform, as work. (e ) (Mech. ) To remove, as a surface, by the process of turning; to reduce in size by turning. (f ) To shut off, as a fluid, by means of a valve, stopcock, or other device; to stop the passage of; as, to turn off the water or the gas. -- To turn on, to cause to flow by turning a valve, stopcock, or the like; to give passage to; as, to turn on steam. -- To turn one's coat, to change one's uniform or colors; to go over to the opposite party. -- To turn one's goods or money, and the like, to exchange in the course of trade; to keep in lively exchange or circulation; to gain or increase in trade. -- To turn one's hand to, to adapt or apply one's self to; to engage in. -- To turn out. (a ) To drive out; to expel; as, to turn a family out of doors; to turn a man out of office. I'll turn you out of my kingdom. Shak. (b ) to put to pasture, as cattle or horses. (c ) To produce, as the result of labor, or any process of manufacture; to furnish in a completed state. (d ) To reverse, as a pocket, bag, etc. , so as to bring the inside to the outside; hence, to produce. (e ) To cause to cease, or to put out, by turning a stopcock, valve, or the like; as, to turn out the lights. -- To turn over. (a ) To change or reverse the position of; to overset; to overturn; to cause to roll over. (b ) To transfer; as, to turn over business to another hand. (c ) To read or examine, as a book, while, turning the leaves. "We turned o'er many books together. " Shak. (d ) To handle in business; to do business to the amount of; as, he turns over millions a year. [Colloq. ] -- To turn over a new leaf. See under Leaf. -- To turn tail, to run away; to retreat ignominiously. -- To turn the back, to flee; to retreat. -- To turn the back on or upon, to treat with contempt; to reject or refuse unceremoniously. -- To turn the corner, to pass the critical stage; to get by the worst point; hence, to begin to improve, or to succeed. -- To turn the die or dice, to change fortune. -- To turn the edge or point of, to bend over the edge or point of so as to make dull; to blunt. -- To turn the head or brain of, to make giddy, wild, insane, or the like; to infatuate; to overthrow the reason or judgment of; as, a little success turned his head. -- To turn the scale or balance, to change the preponderance; to decide or determine something doubtful. -- To turn the stomach of, to nauseate; to sicken. -- To turn the tables, to reverse the chances or conditions of success or superiority; to give the advantage to the person or side previously at a disadvantage. -- To turn tippet, to make a change. [Obs. ] B. Jonson. -- To turn to profit, advantage, etc. , to make profitable or advantageous. -- To turn up. (a ) To turn so as to bring the bottom side on top; as, to turn up the trump. (b ) To bring from beneath to the surface, as in plowing, digging, etc. (c ) To give an upward curve to; to tilt; as, to turn up the nose. -- To turn upon, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the arguments of an opponent upon himself. -- To turn upside down, to confuse by putting things awry; to throw into disorder. This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died. Shak.
TURN
TURN Turn, v. i.
1. 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. Milton.
2. 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. Swift.
3. 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. Wake.
4. 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. 11. The understanding turns inward on itself, and reflects on its own operations. Locke.
5. 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.
6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.
7. Specifically: -- (a ) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc. (b ) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain. I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn. Shak.
(c ) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach. (d ) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales. (e ) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide. (f ) (Obstetrics ) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
8. (Print. )
Defn: 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 away. (a ) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a company; to deviate. (b ) To depart; to remove. (c ) 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. (a ) To bend inward. (b ) To enter for lodgings or entertainment. (c ) 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 upon. (a ) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger. (b ) To reply to or retort. (c ) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition. -- To turn out. (a ) To move from its place, as a bone. (b ) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out. (c ) To rise from bed. [Colloq. ] (d ) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to the fire. (e ) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the cropsturned out poorly. -- To turn over, to turn from side to side; to roll; to tumble. -- To turn round. (a ) To change position so as to face in another direction. (b ) 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. (a ) To bend, or be doubled, upward. (b ) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur; to happen.
TURN
TURN Turn, n.
1. The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.
2. Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide. At length his complaint took a favorable turn. Macaulay. The turns and varieties of all passions. Hooker. Too well the turns of mortal chance I know. Pope.
3. One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander. And all its [the river's ] thousand turns disclose. Some fresher beauty varying round. Byron.
4. A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll. Come, you and I must walk a turn together. Shak. I will take a turn in your garden. Dryden.
5. Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time. "Nobleness and bounty. .. had their turns in his [the king's ] nature. "His turn will come to laugh at you again. Denham. Every one has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases. Collier.
6. Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn. Had I not done a friendes turn to thee Chaucer. thanks are half lost when good turns are delayed. Fairfax.
7. Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn. I have enough to serve mine own turn. Shak.
8. Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- used in a literal or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation. The turn of both his expressions and thoughts is unharmonious. Dryden. The Roman poets, in their description of a beautiful man, often mention the turn of his neck and arms. Addison.
9. A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn. [Colloq. ]
1 . A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given. [Obs. ]
11. A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.
12. (Mining )
Defn: A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
13. (Eng. Law )
Defn: A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county. Blount.
14. pl. (Med. )
Defn: Monthly courses; menses. [Colloq. ]
15. (Mus. )
Defn: An embellishment or grace (marked thus, By turns. (a ) One after another; alternately; in succession. (b ) At intervals. "[They ] feel by turns the bitter change. " Milton. -- In turn, in due order of succession. -- To a turn, exactly; perfectly; as, done to a turn; -- a phrase alluding to the practice of cooking on a revolving spit. -- To take turns, to alternate; to succeed one another in due order. -- Turn and turn about, by equal alternating periods of service or duty; by turns. -- Turn bench, a simple portable lathe, used on a bench by clock makers and watchmakers. -- Turn buckle. See Turnbuckle, in Vocabulary. -- Turn cap, a sort of chimney cap which turns round with the wind so as to present its opening to the leeward. G. Francis. -- Turn of life (Med. ), change of life. See under Change. -- Turn screw, a screw driver.
TURNBROACH
TURNBROACH Turn "broach `, n.
Defn: A turnspit. [Obs. ] " One that was her turnbroach. " Beau. & Fl.
TURN-BUCKLE
TURN-BUCKLE Turn "-buc `kle, n. (Mech. )(a ) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc. (b ) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.
TURNBULL'S BLUE
TURNBULL'S BLUE Turn "bull's blue `. (Chem. )
Defn: The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.
TURNCOAT
TURNCOAT Turn "coat `, n.
Defn: One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate. He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession. Bunyan.
TURNDOWN
TURNDOWN Turn "down `, a.
1. Capable of being turned down; specif. (Elec.), designating, or pertaining to, an incandescent lamp with a small additional filament which can be made incandescent when only a small amount of light is required.
2. Made to wear with the upper part turned down; as, a turndown collar.
TURNEP
TURNEP Tur "nep, n. (Bot. )
Defn: See Turnip. [Obs. ]
TURNER
TURNER Turn "er, n.
1. One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
TURNER
Tur "ner, n. Etym: [G.]
Defn: A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
TURNERITE
Tur "ner *ite, n. Etym: [So called from the English chemist and mineralogist, C. H. Turner. ] (Min. )
Defn: A variety of monazite.
TURNERY
Turn "er *y, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tournerie.]
1. The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.
2. Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe. Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs, arms, and legs loaded with turnery. Walpole.
TURNEY
TURNEY Tur "ney, n. & v.
Defn: Tourney. [Obs. ] Chaucer. "In open turney. " Spenser. Milton.
TURNHALLE
Turn "hal `le, n. Etym: [G., from turnen to exercise gymnastics + halle hall. ]
Defn: A building used as a school of gymnastics.
TURNICIMORPHAE
Tur `ni *ci *mor "phæ, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Turnix, and -morphous.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of birds including Turnix and allied genera, resembling quails in appearance but differing from them anatomically.
TURNING
TURNING Turn "ing, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander. Through paths and turnings often trod by day. Milton.
2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road. It is preached at every turning. Coleridge.
3. Deviation from the way or proper course. Harmar.
4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
5. pl.
Defn: The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
6. (Mil. )
Defn: A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned. Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring large work. -- Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge. -- Turning engine, an engine lathe. -- Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work. -- Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n. -- Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and which decides a case.
TURNINGNESS
TURNINGNESS Turn "ing *ness, n.
Defn: The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation. [Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney.
TURNIP
Tur "nip, n. Etym: [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. næpe, L. napus. Cf. Turn, v. t., Navew. ] (Bot. )
Defn: The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus ); also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also turnep. ] Swedish turnip (Bot. ), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga. -- Turnip flea (Zoöl.), a small flea-beetle (Haltica, or Phyllotreta, striolata ), which feeds upon the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to several other small insects which are injurious to turnips. See Illust. under Flea-beetle. -- Turnip fly. (Zoöl.) (a ) The turnip flea. (b ) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum ) whose larvæ live in the turnip root.
TURNIP-SHELL
TURNIP-SHELL Tur "nip-shell ", n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped.
TURNIX
Tur "nix, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. coturnix a quail. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to Turnix or Hemipodius and allied genera of the family Turnicidæ. These birds resemble quails and partridges in general appearance and in some of their habits, but differ in important anatomical characteristics. The hind toe is usually lacking. They are found in Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, the East Indian Islands, and esp. in Australia and adjacent islands, where they are called quails (see Quail, n., 3.). See Turnicimorphæ.
TURNKEY
Turn "key `, n.; pl. Turnkeys (.
1. A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.
2. (Dentistry )
Defn: An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist.
TURN-OUT
Turn "-out `, n.; pl. Turn-outs (.
1. The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc. ; esp. , a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.
2. A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.
3. That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.
4. The aggregate number of persons who have come out, as from their houses, for a special purpose.
5. Net quantity of produce yielded.
TURNOVER
TURNOVER Turn "o `ver, n.
1. The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage.
2. A semicircular pie or tart made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, inclosing the fruit or other materials.
3. An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.
TURNOVER
TURNOVER Turn "o `ver, a.
Defn: Admitting of being turned over; made to be turned over; as, a turnover collar, etc.
TURNPIKE
Turn "pike `, n. Etym: [Turn + pike. ]
1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.I move upon my axle like a turnpike. B. Jonson.
2. A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.
3. A turnpike road. De Foe.
4. A winding stairway. [Scot. ] Sir W. Scott.
5. (Mil. )
Defn: A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de- frise. [R.] Turnpike man, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike. -- Turnpike road, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are established by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc.
TURNPIKE
Turn "pike `, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turnpiked; p. pr. & vb. n.Turnpiking.]
Defn: To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road. Knowles.
TURNPLATE
TURNPLATE Turn "plate `, n.
Defn: A turntable.
TURN-SICK
TURN-SICK Turn "-sick `, a.
Defn: Giddy. [Obs. ] Bacon.
TURN-SICK
TURN-SICK Turn "-sick `, n. (For. )
Defn: A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See Gid.
TURNSOLE
Turn "sole `, n. Etym: [F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare to turn (LL. tornare ) + sole the sun, L. sol. See Turn, Solar, a., and cf. Heliotrope. ] [Written also turnsol.]
1. (Bot. ) (a ) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun. (b ) The sunflower. (c ) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia ). (d ) The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
2. (Chem. ) (a ) Litmus. [Obs. ] (b ) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d ).
TURNSPIT
TURNSPIT Turn "spit `, n.
1. One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office. His lordship is his majesty's turnspit. Burke.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
TURNSTILE
TURNSTILE Turn "stile `, n.
1. A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1.
2. A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.
TURNSTONE
TURNSTONE Turn "stone `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres ). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake. Black turnstone, the California turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala ). The adult in summer is mostly black, except some white streaks on the chest and forehead, and two white loral spots.
TURNTABLE
TURNTABLE Turn "ta `ble, n.
Defn: A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc. , in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.
TURNUS
Tur "nus, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. Turnus, the king of the Rutuli,mentioned in the Æneid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, or Jasoniades, glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange- red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail.
TURNVEREIN
Turn "ve *rein `, n. Etym: [G., from turnen to exercise + verein a union. ]
Defn: A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
TURNWREST
TURNWREST Turn "wrest `, n.(a ) Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent. (b ) designating a kind of hillside plow. [Eng. ] Knight.
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turn
turn |tərn tərn | ▶verb 1 move or cause to move in a circular direction wholly or partly around an axis or point: [ no obj. ] : the big wheel was turning | [ with obj. ] : I turned the key in the door and crept in. • [ with obj. ] move (something ) so that it is in a different position in relation to its surroundings or its previous position: we waited in suspense for him to turn the cards over. • [ with obj. ] move (a page ) over so that it is flat against the previous or next page: she turned a page noisily | [ no obj. ] : turn to page five for the answer. • change or cause to change direction: [ no obj. ] : we turned around and headed back to the house. • [ with obj. ] aim, point, or direct (something ): she turned her head toward me | the government has now turned its attention to primary schools. • [ no obj. ] change the position of one's body so that one is facing in a different direction: Charlie turned and looked at his friend. • [ no obj. ] (of the tide ) change from flood to ebb or vice versa. • [ with obj. ] pass around (the flank or defensive lines of an army ) so as to attack it from the side or rear. • [ with obj. ] perform (a somersault or cartwheel ). • [ with obj. ] twist or sprain (an ankle ). • [ with obj. ] fold or unfold (fabric or a piece of a garment ) in the specified way: he turned up the collar of his coat. • [ with obj. ] remake (a garment or a sheet ), putting the worn outer side on the inside. • [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. turned ) Printing set or print (a type or letter ) upside down. • [ with obj. ] archaic bend back (the edge of a blade ) so as to make it blunt. 2 [ no obj. ] change in nature, state, form, or color; become: Emmeline turned pale. • [ with obj. or adverbial ] cause to change in such a way; cause to become: potatoes are covered with sacking to keep the light from turning them green. • (of leaves ) change color in the autumn. • [ with obj. ] pass the age or time of: I've just turned forty. • (with reference to milk ) make or become sour: [ with obj. ] : the thunder had turned the milk. • (with reference to the stomach ) make or become nauseated: [ with obj. ] : the smell was bad enough to turn the strongest stomach. • [ with obj. or adverbial ] send or put into a specified place or condition: the dogs were turned loose on the crowd. 3 [ no obj. ] (turn to ) start doing or becoming involved with: in 1939 he turned to films in earnest. • go on to consider next: we can now turn to another aspect of the problem. • go to for help, advice, or information: who can she turn to? • have recourse to (something, esp. something dangerous or unhealthy ): he turned to drink and drugs for solace. 4 [ with obj. ] shape (something ) on a lathe: the faceplate is turned rather than cast. • give a graceful or elegant form to: (as adj. with submodifier turned ) : a production full of so many finely turned words. • make (a profit ). ▶noun 1 an act of moving something in a circular direction around an axis or point: a safety lock requiring four turns of the key. • a change of direction when moving: they made a left turn and picked up speed. • a development or change in circumstances or a course of events: life has taken a turn for the better . • a time when one specified period of time ends and another begins: the turn of the century. • a bend or curve in a road, path, river, etc.: the twists and turns in the passageways. • a place where a road meets or branches off another. • (the turn ) the beginning of the second nine holes of a round of golf: he made the turn in one under par. • a change of the tide from ebb to flow or vice versa. • one round in a coil of rope or other material. 2 an opportunity or obligation to do something that comes successively to each of a number of people: it was his turn to speak. • a short performance, esp. one of a number given by different performers in succession: a comic turn. • a performer giving such a performance. 3 a short walk or ride: why don't you take a turn around the garden? 4 informal a shock: you gave us quite a turn! • a brief feeling or experience of illness: tell me how you feel when you have these funny turns. 5 the difference between the buying and selling price of stocks or other financial products. • a profit made from such a difference. 6 Music a melodic ornament consisting of the principal note with those above and below it. PHRASES at every turn on every occasion; continually: her name seemed to come up at every turn. by turns one after the other; alternately: he was by turns amused and mildly annoyed by her. do someone a good (or bad ) turn do something that is helpful (or unhelpful ) for someone. in turn in succession; one after the other: four men prayed in turn. • (also in one's /its turn ) used to convey that an action, process, or situation is the result or product of a previous one: he would shout until she, in her turn, lost her temper. not know which way (or where ) to turn not know what to do; be completely at a loss. not turn a hair see hair. one good turn deserves another proverb if someone does you a favor, you should take the chance to repay it. on the turn at a turning point; in a state of change: my luck is on the turn. out of turn at a time when it is not one's turn. speak (or talk ) out of turn speak in a tactless or foolish way. take turns (of two or more people ) do something alternately or in succession. to a turn to exactly the right degree (used esp. in relation to cooking ): hamburgers done to a turn. turn and turn about chiefly Brit. one after another; in succession: the two men were working in rotation, turn and turn about. turn one's back on see back. turn the corner pass the critical point and start to improve. turn a deaf ear see deaf. turn one's hand to something see hand. turn one's head see head. turn heads see head. turn an honest penny see honest. turn in one's grave see grave 1. turn of mind a particular way of thinking: people with a practical turn of mind. turn of speed the ability to go fast when necessary. turn on one's heel see heel 1. turn the other cheek see cheek. turn over a new leaf start to act or behave in a better or more responsible way. turn something over in one's mind think about or consider something thoroughly. turn around and do (or say ) something informal used to convey that someone's actions or words are perceived as unexpected, unwelcome, or confrontational: then she just turned around and said she wasn't coming after all. turn the tables see table. turn tail informal turn around and run away. turn the tide see tide. turn something to ( good ) account see account. turn a trick see trick. turn turtle see turtle. turn up one's nose at see nose. PHRASAL VERBS turn against (or turn someone against ) become (or cause someone to become ) hostile toward: public opinion turned against him. turn around move so as to face in the opposite direction: Alice turned around and walked down the corridor. turn something around 1 prepare a ship or aircraft for its return journey. 2 reverse the previously poor performance of something, esp. a company, and make it successful. turn someone away refuse to allow someone to enter or pass through a place. turn back (or turn someone /something back ) go (or cause to go ) back in the direction in which one has come: they turned back before reaching the church. turn someone down reject an offer or application made by someone: the Air Force turned him down on medical grounds. turn something down 1 reject something offered or proposed: his novel was turned down by publisher after publisher. 2 adjust a control on a device to reduce the volume, heat, etc. turn in informal go to bed in the evening. turn someone in hand someone over to the authorities. turn something in give something to someone in authority: I've turned in my resignation. • produce or achieve a particular score or a performance of a specified quality. turn into become (a particular kind of thing or person ); be transformed into: the slight drizzle turned into a downpour | that dream turned into a nightmare | in the next instant he turned into a tiny mouse. turn someone /something into cause to become (a particular kind of thing or person ); transform into: the town was turned into a thriving seaside destination | every single good children's book has been turned into a feature-length cartoon. turn off leave one road in order to join another. turn someone off informal induce a feeling of boredom or disgust in someone. turn something off stop the operation or flow of something by means of a valve, switch, or button: remember to turn off the gas. • operate a valve or switch in order to do this. turn on 1 suddenly attack (someone ) physically or verbally: he turned on her with cold savagery. 2 have as the main topic or point of interest: for most businessmen, the central questions will turn on taxation. turn someone on informal excite or stimulate the interest of someone, esp. sexually. turn something on start the flow or operation of something by means of a valve, switch, or button: she turned on the TV. • operate a valve or switch in order to do this. turn someone on to informal cause someone to become interested or involved in (something, esp. drugs ): he turned her on to heroin. turn out 1 prove to be the case: the job turned out to be beyond his rather limited abilities. 2 go somewhere in order to do something, esp. to attend a meeting, to play a game, or to vote: over 75 percent of the electorate turned out to vote. turn someone out 1 eject or expel someone from a place. 2 Military call a guard from the guardroom. 3 (be turned out ) be dressed in the manner specified: she was smartly turned out and as well groomed as always. turn something out 1 extinguish a light. 2 produce something: the plant takes 53 hours to turn out each car. 3 empty something, esp. one's pockets. 4 tip prepared food from a mold or other container. turn over (of an engine ) start or continue to run properly. turn someone over to deliver someone to the care or custody of (another person or body, esp. one in authority ): they turned him over to the police. turn something over 1 cause an engine to run. 2 transfer control or management of something to someone else: a plan to turn the bar over to a new manager. 3 change the function or use of something: the works was turned over to the production of aircraft parts. 4 informal rob a place. 5 (of a business ) have a turnover of a specified amount: last year the company turned over $12 million. turn up 1 be found, esp. by chance, after being lost: all the missing documents had turned up. 2 put in an appearance; arrive: half the guests failed to turn up. turn something up 1 increase the volume or strength of sound, heat, etc. , by turning a knob or switch on a device. 2 reveal or discover something: New Yorkers confidently expect the inquiry to turn up nothing. 3 shorten a garment by raising the hem. ORIGIN Old English tyrnan, turnian (verb ), from Latin tornare, from tornus ‘lathe, ’ from Greek tornos ‘lathe, circular movement ’; probably reinforced in Middle English by Old French turner. The noun (Middle English ) is partly from Anglo-Norman French tourn, partly from the verb.
turnabout
turn a bout |ˈtərnəˌbout ˈtərnəˌbaʊt | ▶noun a sudden and complete change or reversal of policy or opinion, or of a situation: the move was a significant turnabout for the company.
turnaround
turn a round |ˈtərnəˌround ˈtərnəˌraʊnd | ▶noun 1 an abrupt or unexpected change, esp. one that results in a more favorable situation: it was a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes. 2 the process of completing or the time needed to complete a task, esp. one involving receiving something, processing it, and sending it out again: a seven-day turnaround. • the process of or time taken for unloading and reloading a ship, aircraft, or vehicle. 3 a space for vehicles to turn around in, esp. one at the end of a driveway or dead-end street.
turn-back
turn-back |ˈtərn ˌbak ˈtərnˌbæk | ▶noun a part of a garment that is folded back: [ as modifier ] : the jacket has turn-back cuffs.
turnbuckle
turn buck le |ˈtərnˌbəkəl ˈtərnˌbəkəl | ▶noun a coupling with female screw threads used to connect two rods, lengths of boat rigging, etc. , lengthwise and to regulate their length or tension.
turncoat
turn coat |ˈtərnˌkōt ˈtərnˌkoʊt | ▶noun a person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one.
turncock
turn cock |ˈtərnˌkäk ˈtərnˌkɑk | ▶noun historical a waterworks official responsible for turning on water at the mains.
turndown
turn down |ˈtərnˌdoun ˈtərnˌdaʊn | ▶noun 1 a rejection or refusal. 2 a decline in something; a downturn. ▶adjective (of a collar ) turned down.
turner
turn er |ˈtərnər ˈtərnər | ▶noun 1 a person who is skilled in turning wood on a lathe. 2 an implement that can be used to turn or flip something over: a pancake turner. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French torneor, from late Latin tornator, from the verb tornare (see turn ).
Turner, Frederick Jackson
Tur ner, Frederick Jackson |ˈtərnər ˈtərnər | (1861 –1932 ), US historian, educator, and writer. He revolutionized the study of the American frontier with his paper entitled “The Significance of the Frontier in American History ” (1893 ). He also wrote The Frontier in American History (1920 ) and The Significance of Sections in American History (1932 ).
Turner, J. M. W.
Turn er, J. M. W. |ˈtərnər ˈtərnər | (1775 –1851 ), English painter; full name Joseph Mallord William Turner. He painted landscapes and stormy seascapes and became increasingly concerned with depicting the power of light with primary colors, often arranged in a swirling vortex. Notable works: Rain, Steam, Speed (1844 ) and The Fighting Téméraire (1838 ).
Turner, John
Tur ner, John |ˈtərnər ˈtərnər | (1929 –), Canadian Liberal statesman; full name John Napier Wyndham Turner. He was prime minister for just 79 days in 1984.
Turner, Nat
Tur ner, Nat |ˈtərnər ˈtərnər | (1800 –1831 ), US slave leader. He was convicted of murder and insurrection and hanged for organizing a slave uprising in Southampton, Virginia, in August 1831, in which at least 50 whites were killed.
Turner, Ted
Tur ner, Ted |ˈtərnər ˈtərnər | (1938 –), US broadcasting executive; full name Robert Edward Turner III. His Turner Broadcasting System included the television networks TBS, CNN, TCM, and the Cartoon Network. He bought the Atlanta Braves baseball team in 1976 and the Atlanta Hawks basketball team in 1977 and started the Atlanta Thrashers hockey team in 1999. An accomplished yachtsman, he won the America's Cup in 1977.
Turner, Tina
Tur ner, Tina |ˈtərnər ˈtərnər | (1939 –), US singer; born Anna Mae Bullock. With her husband she was part of the duo Ike and Tina Turner, which broke up in 1976. Her hit singles include “What's Love Got to Do with It ” (1984 ) and “We Don't Need Another Hero ” (1985 ). Notable albums: Private Dancer (1984 ), Wildest Dreams (1996 ), and Tina Live (2009 ).
Turner's syndrome
Turn er's syn drome ▶noun Medicine a genetic defect in which affected women have only one X chromosome, causing developmental abnormalities and infertility. ORIGIN named after Henry Hubert Turner (1892 –1970 ), the US physician who described it.
turnery
turn er y |ˈtərnərē ˈtərnəri | ▶noun the action or skill of making objects on a lathe. • objects made on a lathe.
turning
turn ing |ˈtərniNG ˈtərnɪŋ | ▶noun 1 a place where a road branches off another: take the first turning on the right. 2 the action or skill of using a lathe. • (turnings ) shavings of wood or metal resulting from turning something on a lathe.
turning circle
turn |ing cir ¦cle ▶noun the smallest circle in which a vehicle or vessel can turn without reversing.
turning point
turn ing point |ˈtərnɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt | ▶noun a time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs, esp. one with beneficial results: this could be the turning point in Nancy's career.
turnip
tur nip |ˈtərnəp ˈtərnəp | ▶noun 1 a round root with white or cream flesh that is eaten as a vegetable and also has edible leaves. • a similar or related root, esp. a rutabaga. 2 the European plant of the cabbage family that produces this root. [Brassica rapa, family Brassicaceae: ‘rapifera ’ group. ] 3 informal a large, thick, old-fashioned pocket watch. DERIVATIVES tur nip y adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: first element of unknown origin + neep .
turnip tops
turnip tops (US turnip greens ) ▶plural noun the leaves of a turnip eaten as a vegetable.
turnkey
turn key |ˈtərnˌkē ˈtərnˌki | ▶noun ( pl. turnkeys ) archaic a jailer. ▶adjective of or involving the provision of a complete product or service that is ready for immediate use: turnkey systems for telecommunications customers.
turnoff
turn off |ˈtərnˌôf ˈtərn ˌɔf | ▶noun 1 a junction at which a road branches off from a main road: Adam missed the turnoff to the village. 2 [ usu. in sing. ] informal a person or thing that causes someone to feel bored, disgusted, or sexually repelled: he smelled of carbolic soap, a dreadful turnoff. 3 an instance of turning or switching something off.
turn-on
turn-on |ˈtərn ˌɑn | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] informal a person or thing that causes someone to feel excited or sexually aroused: tight jeans are a real turn-on.
turnout
turn out |ˈtərnˌout ˈtərnˌaʊt | ▶noun 1 [ usu. in sing. ] the number of people attending or taking part in an event, esp. the number of people voting in an election. 2 a turn in a road. • a point at which a railroad track diverges. • a widened place in a road for cars to pass each other or park temporarily. 3 a carriage or other horse-drawn vehicle with its horse or horses. 4 [ in sing. ] the way in which a person or thing is equipped or dressed: his turnout was exceedingly elegant. 5 Ballet the ability to rotate the legs outward at the hips.
turnover
turn o ver |ˈtərnˌōvər ˈtərnˌoʊvər | ▶noun 1 the amount of money taken by a business in a particular period: a turnover approaching $4 million. 2 the rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced. • the rate at which goods are sold and replaced in a store. 3 a small pie made by folding a piece of pastry over on itself to enclose a sweet filling: an apple turnover. 4 (in a game ) a loss of possession of the ball to the opposing team.
turnpike
turn pike |ˈtərnˌpīk ˈtərnˌpaɪk | ▶noun 1 an expressway, esp. one on which a toll is charged. • historical a toll gate. • (also turnpike road ) historical a road on which a toll was collected at such a gate. 2 historical a spiked barrier fixed in or across a road or passage as a defense against sudden attack.
turn signal
turn sig nal |tərn ˈsɪɡnəl | ▶noun a flashing light on a vehicle to show that it is about to change lanes or turn.
turnsole
turn sole |ˈtərnˌsōl ˈtərnˌsoʊl | ▶noun a Mediterranean plant of the spurge family, whose flowers are said to turn with the sun. [Chrozophora tinctoria (family Euphorbiaceae ), from which a blue or purple dye was formerly obtained. ] ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French tournesole, based on Latin tornare (see turn ) + sol ‘sun. ’
turnspit
turn spit |ˈtərnˌspit ˈtərnˌspɪt | ▶noun historical a servant (or a small dog running on a treadmill ) whose job was to turn a spit on which meat was roasting.
turns ratio
turns ra tio ▶noun the ratio of the number of turns on the primary coil of an electrical transformer to the number on the secondary, or vice versa.
turnstile
turn stile |ˈtərnˌstīl ˈtərnˌstaɪl | ▶noun a mechanical gate consisting of revolving horizontal arms fixed to a vertical post, allowing only one person at a time to pass through.
turnstone
turn stone |ˈtərnˌstōn ˈtərnˌstoʊn | ▶noun a small, short-billed wading bird of the sandpiper family that turns over stones to feed on small animals beneath them. [Genus Arenaria, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular the ruddy turnstone (A. interpres ), breeding in northern Eurasia and northern Canada. ]
turntable
turn ta ble |ˈtərnˌtābəl ˈtərnˌteɪbəl | ▶noun a circular revolving plate supporting a phonograph record as it is played. • a circular revolving platform for turning a railroad locomotive or other vehicle.
turntable ladder
turn |table lad ¦der ▶noun Brit. a power-operated extending and revolving ladder mounted on a fire engine.
turntablist
turn |tabl ¦ist |ˈtəːnteɪblɪst | ▶noun a DJ who is an expert in sampling, scratching, and similar techniques. DERIVATIVES turntablism noun
turn-up
turn-up |ˈtərn ˌəp | ▶noun Brit. (usu. turn-ups ) a pant cuff.
Oxford Dictionary
turn
turn |təːn | ▶verb 1 move or cause to move in a circular direction wholly or partly around an axis or point: [ no obj. ] : the big wheel was turning | [ with obj. ] : I turned the key in the door and crept in. • [ with obj. ] perform (a somersault or cartwheel ). • [ with obj. ] twist or sprain (an ankle ). 2 [ with obj. and adverbial ] move (something ) so that it is in a different position in relation to its surroundings or its previous position: we waited in suspense for him to turn the cards over. • [ no obj. ] change the position of one's body so that one is facing in a different direction: Charlie turned and looked at his friend. • move (something ) so as to be aimed or pointed in a particular direction: she turned her head towards me | the government has now turned its attention to primary schools. • change or cause to change direction: [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] : we turned round and headed back to the house. • [ no obj. ] (of the tide ) change from flood to ebb or vice versa. • [ with obj. ] move (a page ) over so that it is flat against the previous or next page: she turned a page noisily | [ no obj. ] : turn to page five for the answer. • fold or unfold (fabric or a piece of a garment ) in the specified way: he turned up the collar of his coat. • [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. turned ) Printing set or print (a type or letter ) upside down. • [ with obj. ] pass round (the flank or defensive lines of an army ) so as to attack it from the side or rear. • [ with obj. ] archaic bend back (the edge of a blade ) so as to make it blunt. 3 change or cause to change in nature, state, form, or colour; become or make: [ no obj., with complement or adverbial ] : she turned pale | [ with obj. and complement or adverbial ] : cover potatoes with sacking to keep the light from turning them green | most of the sugars are turned into alcohol. • [ with obj. and complement or adverbial ] send or put into a specified place or condition: the dogs were turned loose on the crowd. • [ with obj. ] pass the age or time of: I've just turned forty. • [ no obj. ] (of leaves ) change colour in the autumn. • (with reference to the stomach ) make or become nauseated: [ with obj. ] : the smell was bad enough to turn the strongest stomach. • (with reference to milk ) make or become sour. 4 [ no obj. ] (turn to ) start doing or becoming involved with: in 1939 he turned to films in earnest. • go on to consider next: we can now turn to another aspect of the problem. • go to for help or information: who can she turn to? • have recourse to (something, especially something harmful ): he turned to drink and drugs for solace. 5 [ with obj. ] shape (something ) on a lathe: the faceplate is turned rather than cast. • give a graceful or elegant form to: (as adj., with submodifier turned ) : a production full of so many finely turned words. 6 [ with obj. ] make (a profit ). ▶noun 1 an act of moving something in a circular direction around an axis or point: a safety lock requiring four turns of the key. • a bend or curve in a road, path, river, etc.: the twists and turns in the passageways. • [ mass noun ] Cricket deviation in the direction of the ball when bouncing off the pitch. • one round in a coil of rope or other material. 2 a change of direction when moving: they made a left turn and picked up speed. • a development or change in a situation: the latest turn of events | life has taken a turn for the better . • a time when one period of time ends and another begins: the turn of the century. • a place where a road meets or branches off another; a turning. • a change of the tide from ebb to flow or vice versa. • (the turn ) the beginning of the second nine holes of a round of golf: he made the turn in one under par. 3 an opportunity or obligation to do something that comes successively to each of a number of people: it was his turn to speak. • a short performance, especially one of a number given by different performers in succession: a comic turn. • a performer giving such a performance. 4 a short walk or ride: why don't you take a turn around the garden? 5 informal a shock: you gave us quite a turn! • a brief feeling or experience of illness: he has these funny turns. 6 the difference between the buying and selling price of stocks or other financial products. • a profit made from the difference between the buying and selling price of stocks or other financial products. 7 Music a melodic ornament consisting of the principal note with those above and below it. PHRASES at every turn on every occasion; continually: her name seemed to come up at every turn. by turns one after the other; alternately: he was by turns amused and mildly annoyed by her. do someone a good (or bad ) turn do something that is helpful (or unhelpful ) for someone. in turn in succession; one after the other: everyone took it in turn to attack my work. • (also in one's /its turn ) used to convey that an action, process, or situation is the result of a previous one: he would shout until she, in her turn, lost her temper. not know which way (or where ) to turn not know what to do. not turn a hair see hair. one good turn deserves another proverb if someone does you a favour, you should take the chance to repay it. on the turn at a turning point; in a state of change: my luck is on the turn. • (of certain foods or liquids ) going off: the smell of meat on the turn. out of turn at a time when it is not one's turn. speak (or talk ) out of turn speak in a tactless way. take turns (or Brit. take it in turns ) (of two or more people ) do something alternately or in succession. to a turn to exactly the right degree (used especially in relation to cooking ): beefburgers done to a turn. turn and turn about chiefly Brit. one after another; in succession: the two men were working in rotation, turn and turn about. turn one's back on see back. turn the (or a ) corner pass the critical point and start to improve: the industry has turned the corner and things are looking up. turn a deaf ear see deaf. turn one's hand to something see hand. turn one's head see head. turn heads see head. turn an honest penny see honest. turn in one's grave see grave 1. turn of mind a particular way of thinking: people with a practical turn of mind. turn of speed the ability to go fast when necessary. turn on one's heel see heel 1. turn the other cheek see cheek. turn over a new leaf start to act or behave in a better or more responsible way. turn something over in one's mind think about something thoroughly. turn round and do (or say ) something informal used to convey that someone's actions or words are perceived as unexpected or unwelcome: then she just turned round and said she wasn't coming after all. turn the scales see scale 2. turn the tables see table. turn tail informal turn round and run away. turn the tide reverse the trend of events. turn something to ( good ) account see account. turn a trick see trick. turn turtle see turtle. turn up one's nose at see nose. PHRASAL VERBS turn about move so as to face in the opposite direction: Alice turned about and walked down the corridor. turn against (or turn someone against ) become (or cause someone to become ) hostile towards: public opinion turned against him. turn something around chiefly N. Amer. see turn something round . turn someone away refuse to allow someone to enter or pass through a place. turn back (or turn someone /thing back ) go (or cause someone or something to go ) back in the direction in which they have come: they turned back before reaching the church | police turned back hundreds of cars. turn someone down reject an offer or application made by someone: the RAF turned him down on medical grounds. turn something down 1 reject something offered or proposed: his novel was turned down by publisher after publisher. 2 adjust a control on an electrical device to reduce the volume, heat, etc. turn in informal go to bed in the evening. turn someone in hand someone over to the authorities. turn something in give something to someone in authority: I've turned in my resignation. • produce or achieve a particular score or a performance of a specified quality. turn into become (a particular kind of thing or person ); be transformed into: the slight drizzle turned into a downpour | that dream turned into a nightmare | in the next instant he turned into a tiny mouse. turn someone /thing into cause to become (a particular kind of thing or person ); transform into: the town was turned into a thriving seaside destination | every single good children 's book has been turned into a feature-length cartoon. turn off leave one road in order to join another. turn someone off informal cause someone to feel bored, disgusted, or sexually repelled. turn something off stop the operation or flow of something by means of a tap, switch, or button: remember to turn off the gas. • adjust a tap or switch in order to stop the operation or flow of something. turn on 1 suddenly attack physically or verbally: he turned on her with cold savagery. 2 have as the main topic or point of interest: for most businessmen, the central questions will turn on taxation. turn someone on informal excite or stimulate the interest of someone, especially sexually. turn something on start the flow or operation of something by means of a tap, switch, or button: she turned on the TV. • adjust a tap or switch in order to start the operation or flow of something. turn someone on to informal cause someone to become interested or involved in (something, especially drugs ): he turned her on to heroin. turn out 1 prove to be the case: the job turned out to be beyond his rather limited abilities. 2 go somewhere in order to attend a meeting, vote, play in a game, etc.: over 75 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote. turn someone out 1 eject or expel someone from a place. 2 Military call a guard from the guardroom. 3 (be turned out ) be dressed in the manner specified: she was smartly turned out and as well groomed as always. turn something out 1 extinguish a light. 2 produce something: the plant takes 53 hours to turn out each car. 3 empty something, especially one's pockets. • Brit. clean out a drawer, room, etc. by taking out and reorganizing its contents. 4 tip prepared food from a mould or other container. turn over (of an engine ) start or continue to run properly. turn someone over to deliver someone to the care or custody of (an authority ): they turned him over to the police. turn something over 1 cause an engine to run. 2 transfer control or management of something to someone else: a plan to turn the pub over to a new manager. 3 change the function or use of something: the works was turned over to the production of aircraft parts. 4 informal rob a place. 5 (of a business ) have a turnover of a specified amount: last year the company turned over £12 million. turn something round (or around ) 1 prepare a ship or aircraft for its return journey. 2 reverse the previously poor performance of an organization and make it successful. turn up 1 be found, especially by chance, after being lost: all the missing documents had turned up. 2 put in an appearance; arrive: half the guests failed to turn up. turn something up 1 increase the volume or strength of sound, heat, etc. by turning a knob or switch on a device. 2 reveal or discover something: New Yorkers confidently expect the inquiry to turn up nothing. 3 shorten a garment by raising the hem. ORIGIN Old English tyrnan, turnian (verb ), from Latin tornare, from tornus ‘lathe ’, from Greek tornos ‘lathe, circular movement ’; probably reinforced in Middle English by Old French turner. The noun (Middle English ) is partly from Anglo-Norman French tourn, partly from the verb.
turnabout
turn |about |ˈtəːnəbaʊt | ▶noun a sudden and complete change or reversal of policy, opinion, or of a situation: the move was a significant turnabout for the company.
turnaround
turnaround |ˈtəːnəraʊnd |(also turnround ) ▶noun 1 an abrupt or unexpected change, especially one that results in a more favourable situation: it was a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes. 2 the process of completing or the time needed to complete a task, especially one involving receiving something, processing it, and sending it out again: a seven-day turnaround. • the process of or time taken for unloading and reloading a ship, aircraft, or vehicle. 3 N. Amer. a space for vehicles to turn round in, especially one at the end of a driveway.
turnback
turn |back |ˈtəːnbak | ▶noun a part of a garment that is folded back: [ as modifier ] : the jacket has turnback cuffs.
turnbuckle
turn |buckle |ˈtəːnbʌkl | ▶noun a coupling with internal screw threads used to connect two rods, lengths of boat's rigging, etc. lengthwise or to regulate their length or tension.
turncoat
turn |coat |ˈtəːnkəʊt | ▶noun a person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one.
turncock
turn |cock |ˈtəːnkɒk | ▶noun historical a waterworks official responsible for turning on water at the mains.
turndown
turn |down |ˈtəːndaʊn | ▶noun 1 a rejection or refusal. 2 a decline in something; a downturn. ▶adjective (of a collar ) turned down.
turner
turn ¦er |ˈtəːnə | ▶noun 1 a person who is skilled in turning wood on a lathe. 2 an implement that can be used to turn or flip something over: a pancake turner. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French torneor, from late Latin tornator, from the verb tornare (see turn ).
Turner, Frederick Jackson
Tur ner, Frederick Jackson |ˈtərnər ˈtərnər | (1861 –1932 ), US historian, educator, and writer. He revolutionized the study of the American frontier with his paper entitled “The Significance of the Frontier in American History ” (1893 ). He also wrote The Frontier in American History (1920 ) and The Significance of Sections in American History (1932 ).
Turner, J. M. W.
Tur ¦ner |ˈtəːnə | (1775 –1851 ), English painter; full name Joseph Mallord William Turner. He made his name with landscapes and stormy seascapes, becoming increasingly concerned with depicting the power of light by the use of primary colours, often arranged in a swirling vortex. Notable works: Rain, Steam, Speed (1844 ); The Fighting Téméraire (1838 ).
Turner, John
Tur ner, John |ˈtərnər ˈtərnər | (1929 –), Canadian Liberal statesman; full name John Napier Wyndham Turner. He was prime minister for just 79 days in 1984.
Turner, Nat
Tur ner, Nat |ˈtərnər ˈtərnər | (1800 –1831 ), US slave leader. He was convicted of murder and insurrection and hanged for organizing a slave uprising in Southampton, Virginia, in August 1831, in which at least 50 whites were killed.
Turner, Ted
Tur ner, Ted |ˈtərnər ˈtərnər | (1938 –), US broadcasting executive; full name Robert Edward Turner III. His Turner Broadcasting System included the television networks TBS, CNN, TCM, and the Cartoon Network. He bought the Atlanta Braves baseball team in 1976 and the Atlanta Hawks basketball team in 1977 and started the Atlanta Thrashers hockey team in 1999. An accomplished yachtsman, he won the America's Cup in 1977.
Turner, Tina
Tur ner, Tina |ˈtərnər ˈtərnər | (1939 –), US singer; born Anna Mae Bullock. With her husband she was part of the duo Ike and Tina Turner, which broke up in 1976. Her hit singles include “What's Love Got to Do with It ” (1984 ) and “We Don't Need Another Hero ” (1985 ). Notable albums: Private Dancer (1984 ), Wildest Dreams (1996 ), and Tina Live (2009 ).
Turner's syndrome
Turner's syn |drome ▶noun [ mass noun ] Medicine a genetic defect in which affected women have only one X chromosome, causing developmental abnormalities and infertility. ORIGIN named after Henry Hubert Turner (1892 –1970 ), the American physician who described it.
turnery
turn |ery |ˈtəːn (ə )ri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or skill of making objects on a lathe. • objects made on a lathe.
turning
turn |ing |ˈtəːnɪŋ | ▶noun 1 a place where a road branches off from another: take the first turning on the right. 2 [ mass noun ] the action or skill of using a lathe. • (turnings ) shavings of wood resulting from turning wood on a lathe.
turning circle
turn |ing cir ¦cle ▶noun the smallest circle in which a vehicle or vessel can turn without reversing.
turning point
turn |ing point ▶noun a time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs, especially one with beneficial results: this could be the turning point in Nigel's career.
turnip
tur ¦nip |ˈtəːnɪp | ▶noun 1 a round root with white or cream flesh which is eaten as a vegetable and also has edible leaves. • a similar or related root, especially a swede. 2 the European plant of the cabbage family which produces the turnip. ●Brassica rapa, family Cruciferae: ‘rapifera ’ group. 3 informal, dated a large, thick, old-fashioned watch. DERIVATIVES turnipy adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: first element of unknown origin + neep .
turnip tops
turnip tops (US turnip greens ) ▶plural noun the leaves of a turnip eaten as a vegetable.
turnkey
turn |key |ˈtəːnkiː | ▶noun ( pl. turnkeys ) archaic a jailer. ▶adjective of or involving the provision of a complete product or service that is ready for immediate use: turnkey systems for telecommunications customers.
turn-off
turn-off ▶noun 1 a junction at which a road branches off from a main road: Adam missed the turn-off to the village. 2 [ usu. in sing. ] informal a person or thing that causes someone to feel bored, disgusted, or sexually repelled: he smelled of carbolic soap, a dreadful turn-off.
turn-on
turn-on ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] informal a person or thing that causes someone to feel excited or sexually aroused: tight jeans are a real turn-on.
turnout
turn |out |ˈtəːnaʊt | ▶noun 1 [ usu. in sing. ] the number of people attending or taking part in an event, especially the number of people voting in an election. 2 N. Amer. a road turning. • a point at which a railway track diverges; a set of points. • a widened place in a road for cars to pass each other or park temporarily. 3 a carriage or other horse-drawn vehicle with its horse or horses. 4 [ in sing. ] the way in which a person or thing is equipped or dressed: his turnout was exceedingly elegant. 5 [ mass noun ] Ballet the ability to rotate the legs outward in the hip socket.
turnover
turn |over |ˈtəːnəʊvə | ▶noun 1 the amount of money taken by a business in a particular period: a turnover approaching £4 million. 2 the rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced. • the rate at which goods are sold and replaced in a shop. 3 a small pie made by folding a piece of pastry over on itself to enclose a sweet filling: an apple turnover. 4 N. Amer. (in a game ) a loss of possession of the ball to the opposing team.
turnpike
turn |pike |ˈtəːnpʌɪk | ▶noun 1 historical a toll gate. • (also turnpike road ) a road on which a toll was collected at a toll gate. • US a motorway on which a toll is charged. 2 historical a spiked barrier fixed in or across a road or passage as a defence against sudden attack.
turnround
turn |round |ˈtəːnraʊnd | ▶noun Brit. another term for turnaround.
turn signal
turn sig ¦nal ▶noun N. Amer. an indicator on a vehicle.
turnsole
turn |sole |ˈtəːnsəʊl | ▶noun a Mediterranean plant of the spurge family, whose flowers are said to turn with the sun. ●Chrozophora tinctoria (family Euphorbiaceae ), from which a blue or purple dye was formerly obtained. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French tournesole, based on Latin tornare (see turn ) + sol ‘sun ’.
turnspit
turn |spit |ˈtəːnspɪt | ▶noun historical a servant (or a small dog running on a treadmill ) whose job was to turn a spit on which meat was roasting.
turns ratio
turns ratio ▶noun the ratio of the number of turns on the primary coil of an electrical transformer to the number on the secondary, or vice versa.
turnstile
turn |stile |ˈtəːnstʌɪl | ▶noun a mechanical gate consisting of revolving horizontal arms fixed to a vertical post, allowing only one person at a time to pass through.
turnstone
turn |stone |ˈtəːnstəʊn | ▶noun a small short-billed wading bird of the sandpiper family that turns over stones to feed on small animals beneath them. ●Genus Arenaria, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular the ( ruddy ) turnstone (A. interpres ), breeding in northern Eurasia and northern Canada.
turntable
turn |table |ˈtəːnteɪb (ə )l | ▶noun a circular revolving plate supporting a record as it is played. • a circular revolving platform for turning a railway locomotive or other vehicle.
turntable ladder
turn |table lad ¦der ▶noun Brit. a power-operated extending and revolving ladder mounted on a fire engine.
turntablist
turn |tabl ¦ist |ˈtəːnteɪblɪst | ▶noun a DJ who is an expert in sampling, scratching, and similar techniques. DERIVATIVES turntablism noun
turn-up
turn-up ▶noun Brit. 1 (usu. turn-ups ) the end of a trouser leg folded upwards on the outside. 2 [ in sing. ] informal an unusual or unexpected event or occurrence; a surprise: fancy you being in New York too —what a turn-up for the books.
American Oxford Thesaurus
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turn verb 1 the wheels were still turning: go around, revolve, rotate, spin, roll, circle, wheel, whirl, twirl, gyrate, swivel, pivot. 2 I turned and headed back: change direction, change course, make a U-turn, about-face, turn around /about; informal pull a U-ey, do a one-eighty. 3 the car turned the corner: go around, round, negotiate, take. 4 the path turned to right and left: bend, curve, wind, veer, twist, meander, snake, zigzag. 5 he turned his gun on Lenny: aim at, point at, level at, direct at, train on. 6 he turned his ankle: sprain, twist, wrench; hurt. 7 their honeymoon turned into a nightmare: become, develop into, turn out to be; be transformed into, metamorphose into, descend into, grow into. 8 Emma turned red: become, go, grow, get. 9 he turned the house into apartments: convert, change, transform, make; adapt, modify, rebuild, reconstruct. 10 I've just turned forty: reach, get to, become, hit. 11 she turned to politics: take up, become involved in, go into, enter, undertake. 12 we can now turn to another topic: move on to, go on to, proceed to, consider, attend to, address; take up, switch to. ▶noun 1 a turn of the wheel: rotation, revolution, spin, whirl, gyration, swivel. 2 a turn to the left: change of direction, veer, divergence. 3 we're approaching the turn: bend, corner, turning, turnoff, junction, crossroads. 4 you'll get your turn in a minute: opportunity, chance, say; stint, time; try; informal go, shot, stab, crack. 5 she did me some good turns: service, deed, act; favor, kindness. PHRASES at every turn her name seemed to come up at every turn: repeatedly, recurrently, all the time, always, constantly, again and again. in turn let's consider these three points in turn: one after the other, one by one, one at a time, in succession, successively, sequentially. take a turn for the better his luck took a turn for the better: improve, pick up, look up, perk up, rally, turn the corner; recover, revive. take a turn for the worse even the doctors were surprised when Richie took a turn for the worse: deteriorate, worsen, decline; informal go downhill. turn against after his father died, Bruce turned against his stepmother: become hostile to, take a dislike to, betray, double-cross. turn away I know you're hurt, but please don't turn us away: send away, reject, rebuff, repel, cold-shoulder; informal send packing. turn back just before boarding the ferry, Clint changed his mind and turned back: retrace one's steps, go back, return; retreat. turn down 1 his novel was turned down: reject, refuse, decline, spurn, rebuff. 2 Pete turned the volume down: reduce, lower, decrease, lessen; muffle, mute. turn in 1 he turned in his brother to the police: betray, inform on, denounce, sell out, stab someone in the back; blow the whistle on, rat on, squeal on, finger. 2 we turned in the entrance forms just in time: hand in /over /back, give in, submit, surrender, give up; deliver, return. 3 I usually turn in before 10 o'clock: go to bed, retire, go to sleep, call it a day; informal hit the hay, hit the sack. turn of events she was unprepared for this turn of events: development, incident, occurrence, happening, circumstance, surprise. turn of phrase a clever turn of phrase: expression, idiom, phrase, term, word, aphorism. turn off 1 his so-called jokes really turn me off: put off, leave cold, repel, disgust, revolt, offend; disenchant, alienate; bore, gross out. 2 please turn off the garage lights: switch off, shut off, turn out; extinguish; deactivate; informal kill, cut, power down. turn on 1 the decision turned on the law: depend on, rest on, hinge on, be contingent on, be decided by. 2 okay, I admit it —his green eyes turn me on. See arouse (sense 3 ). 3 I'll turn on the generator: switch on, start up, activate, trip, power up. 4 it began as a simple disagreement, but then he turned on us like a mad dog: attack, set on, fall on, let fly at, lash out at, hit out at; informal lay into, tear into, let someone have it, bite someone's head off, jump down someone's throat; light into. turn on to Christie has turned me on to the health benefits of yoga: introduce someone to, get someone into, pique someone's interest in. turn out 1 a huge crowd turned out: come, be present, attend, appear, turn up, arrive; assemble, gather, show up. 2 it turned out that she had been abroad: transpire, emerge, come to light, become apparent, become clear. 3 things didn't turn out as I'd intended: happen, occur, come about; develop, proceed; work out, come out, end up, pan out, result; formal eventuate. 4 it's about time she turned out that bum of a boyfriend: throw out, eject, evict, expel, oust, drum out, banish; informal kick out, send packing, boot out, show someone the door. 5 turn out the light: switch off, shut off, turn off. 6 they turn out a million engines a year: produce, make, manufacture, fabricate, generate, put out, churn out. turn over 1 the crate fell off the back of the truck and turned over: overturn, upturn, capsize, keel over, flip, turn turtle, be upended, tip. 2 I turned over a few pages: flip over, flick through, leaf through. 3 she turned the proposal over in her mind: think about, think over, consider, ponder, contemplate, reflect on, chew over, mull over, muse on, ruminate on. 4 he turned over the business to his brother: transfer, hand over, pass on, consign, commit. turn someone's stomach the sight of blood turns my stomach: nauseate someone, sicken someone, make someone sick. turn to I always had my grandparents to turn to: seek help from, have recourse to, approach, apply to, appeal to; take to, resort to. turn up 1 the missing documents turned up: be found, be discovered, be located, reappear. 2 the police turned up: arrive, appear, present oneself, show up, show, show one's face. 3 something better will turn up: present itself, offer itself, occur, happen, crop up, appear. 4 she turned up the treble: increase, raise, amplify, intensify. 5 they turned up lots of information: discover, uncover, unearth, find, dig up, ferret out, root out, expose.
turnaround
turnaround noun has any character's turnaround been as celebrated as Scrooge's? reversal, change, sea change, turnabout, volte-face, about-face, one-eighty.
turncoat
turncoat noun the Dunlaps were wrongly accused of harboring turncoats during the war: traitor, renegade, defector, deserter, betrayer; Judas, Benedict Arnold; fifth columnist, quisling; informal rat, fink.
turning point
turning point noun the turning point in their relationship: crossroads, critical moment, decisive moment, moment of truth, watershed, crisis, landmark.
turnoff
turnoff noun 1 I missed my turnoff: turn, exit, junction, off-ramp, turning. 2 informal narrow-mindedness is a real turnoff for me: peeve, bugbear, bête noire, disincentive; informal no-no, gross-out.
turn-on
turn-on noun informal good manners are a definite turn-on: attraction, aphrodisiac, thrill, stimulant, rush, inducement, incentive.
turnout
turnout noun the producers were overjoyed with the turnout: attendance, audience, crowd, gathering, showing, throng, assembly, assemblage, congregation, number; participation.
turnover
turnover noun 1 an annual turnover of $2.25 million: (gross ) revenue, income, yield; sales, gross. 2 a high turnover of staff: change, rate of replacement, movement.
Oxford Thesaurus
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turn verb 1 the wheels were still turning: go round, revolve, rotate, spin, go round and round, go round in circles, roll, circle, wheel, whirl, twirl, gyrate, swivel, spiral, pivot. 2 I turned and headed back the way I had come: change direction, turn round, change course, make a U-turn, reverse direction; swing round, wheel round, turn about. 3 the BMW turned the corner and vanished from sight: go round, pass round, sweep round, round; negotiate, take. 4 a narrow path that turned alternately to right and left: bend, curve, wind, twist, loop, meander, snake, zigzag. 5 he turned his pistol on Laidlaw: aim at, point at, level at, direct at, train at, focus on. 6 Wright turned his ankle in the first minute of the game: sprain, twist, rick, wrench; hurt, injure. 7 their dream honeymoon turned into a nightmare: become, develop into, prove to be, turn out to be; change into, be transformed into, metamorphose into. 8 Emmeline turned pale: become, go, grow, get, come to be. 9 he turned the house into three flats: convert, change, transform, make; adapt, modify, rebuild, reconstruct, refashion, remake, make over, restyle. 10 I've just turned forty: reach (the age of ), get to (the age of ), become, pass; informal hit. 11 the milk had turned: go /become sour, go off, sour, curdle, become rancid, go bad, spoil, taint. 12 in 1959, he turned to politics: take up, become /get involved with, involve oneself in, begin to participate in, go in for, enter, become interested in, start doing, undertake. ANTONYMS give up, drop. 13 we can now turn to another aspect of the problem: move on to, go on to, begin to consider, turn one's attention to, attend to, address /apply oneself to; pick up, take up, refer to. 14 she turned a clumsy somersault: perform, execute, do, carry out. 15 wooden objects turned on a lathe: fashion, make, shape, mould, cast, form. PHRASES turn against someone people had turned against him: become hostile to, take a dislike to, become unsympathetic to, become disenchanted with, become disillusioned with. ANTONYMS take someone's part, stand up for. turn someone against someone else Helen turned him against his father: make hostile to, set against, cause to dislike, cause to be unfriendly towards, prejudice against, influence against; alienate from, drive a wedge between, estrange from. ANTONYMS reconcile. turn someone away reporters were turned away from the college: refuse admittance to, send away; reject, rebuff, repel, cold-shoulder; informal send packing, give someone the brush-off. ANTONYMS admit. turn back they turned back before reaching the church: retrace one's steps, go back, return; retreat. ANTONYMS continue, carry on. turn someone /something back demonstrators attempted to storm the naval base, but were turned back by police: repulse, drive back, fight back, force back, beat back, beat off, put to flight, repel. turn someone /something down 1 his novel was turned down by publisher after publisher: reject, spurn, rebuff, refuse, decline, say no to; informal give the thumbs down to, give the red light to; Brit. informal knock back. ANTONYMS accept. 2 Pete turned the sound down: reduce, lower, decrease, lessen; muffle, mute. ANTONYMS turn up. turn in informal I think I'll turn in: go to bed, retire, call it a day, go to sleep; informal hit the hay, hit the sack; Brit. informal go up the stairs to Bedfordshire. turn someone in she turned her husband in to the police: hand over, turn over; betray, inform on, denounce, sell out, stab someone in the back; informal split on, blow the whistle on, rat on, peach on, squeal on, squeak on; Brit. informal grass on, sneak on, shop; N. Amer. informal rat out, drop a /the dime on, finger; Austral. /NZ informal dob on, pimp on, pool, shelf, put someone's pot on; rare delate. turn something in 1 the documents must be turned in at a licensing office: hand in /over, give in, submit, tender, proffer, offer; deliver; return, give back, surrender, give up. 2 he turned in a score of 199 not out: achieve, attain, reach, make; notch up, chalk up, rack up, register, record. turn off they turned off the main road: leave, branch off; take a side road, take another road; informal make /take a left /right; N. Amer. informal hang a left /right. ANTONYMS join. turn someone off informal most people were turned off by the extreme sentimentality of the film: put off, leave someone cold, repel, disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, offend; disenchant, alienate; bore; N. Amer. informal gross out. ANTONYMS attract, arouse. turn something off she turned the light off and lay back on the bed: switch off, turn out, put off, shut off, power down, flick off, extinguish, deactivate, trip; unplug, disconnect; informal kill, cut. ANTONYMS turn on. turn on the decision turned on a principle of civil law: depend on, rest on, hang on, hinge on, be contingent on, be decided by; concern, revolve round, relate to. turn someone on informal arouse, sexually arouse, excite, stimulate, make someone feel sexually excited, make someone feel sexy, titillate; please, attract; informal give someone a thrill, get someone going, float someone's boat, do it for someone, light someone's fire, tickle someone's fancy. ANTONYMS leave someone cold. turn something on she turned on the TV: switch on, put on, power up, flick on; plug in; start up, boot up, activate, cause to operate. ANTONYMS turn off. turn on someone he turned on her with cold savagery: attack, set on, fall on, launch an attack on, let fly at, lash out at, hit out at; weigh into, round on, lose one's temper with; informal lay into, tear into, lace into, sail into, pitch into, let someone have it, get stuck into, wade into, bite someone's head off, jump down someone's throat; Brit. informal have a go at; N. Amer. informal light into. turn out 1 a huge crowd turned out to cheer the home team: come, go, be present, attend, put in an appearance, appear, turn up, arrive; assemble, gather; informal show up. 2 it turned out that she had been two-timing him: transpire, prove to be the case, emerge, come to light, become known, become apparent, be revealed, be disclosed. 3 things didn't quite turn out as I'd intended: happen, occur, come about; develop, evolve; work out, come out, end up, result; informal pan out; rare eventuate. turn someone out her father turned her out of the house: throw out, put out, eject, evict; expel, oust, drive out, force out, drum out; deport, banish; informal kick out, chuck out, send packing, boot out, show someone the door, give someone their marching orders, throw someone out on their ear; Brit. informal turf out. turn something out 1 he turned out the light: switch off, turn off, put off, shut off, flick off; extinguish; unplug, disconnect. ANTONYMS turn on. 2 the firm turns out a million meters a year: produce, make, manufacture, fabricate, assemble, put together, process, bring out, put out, churn out. 3 she had taken it into her head to turn out the kitchen cupboards: clear out, clean out, empty (out ). turn over the little dinghy turned over on the lake: overturn, upturn, capsize, keel over, turn turtle, roll over, be upended. turn something over 1 I quickly turned over the first few pages: flip over, flick over /through, leaf through. 2 she turned the proposal over in her mind: think about, think over, consider, weigh up, ponder, contemplate, reflect on, chew over, mull over, muse on, ruminate on, give thought to; archaic pore on. 3 he turned over the retail side of the business to his brother: transfer, hand over, pass on, give, consign, assign, commit. turn over a new leaf See leaf. turn someone's stomach the sight of all that blood turned her stomach: nauseate, cause to feel sick, cause to feel nauseous, sicken, make sick, make someone's gorge rise, make someone's stomach rise; informal make someone want to throw up. turn tail See tail. turn to someone /something 1 they turned to the social services: seek help from, have recourse to, approach, apply to, look to, appeal to. 2 he turned to drink: take to, resort to, have recourse to. ANTONYMS give up, abstain from. turn up 1 all the missing documents had turned up: be found, be discovered, be located, come to light; reappear. ANTONYMS disappear, go missing. 2 a couple of policemen turned up: arrive, put in an appearance, make an appearance, appear, be present, present oneself, turn out; informal show up, show, show one's face. ANTONYMS stay away. 3 wait and see —something better will turn up: present itself, occur, happen, crop up. turn something up 1 she turned up the volume: increase, raise, amplify, make louder, intensify. ANTONYMS turn down. 2 they turned up a bit of information about his life: discover, uncover, unearth, bring to light, find, hit on, dig up, ferret out, root out, expose. 3 I had turned up the hem of my skirt: take up, raise; shorten. ANTONYMS let down. ▶noun 1 a turn of the wheel: rotation, revolution, spin, circle, whirl, twirl, gyration, swivel. 2 the vehicle slowed and made a turn to the left: change of direction, change of course, turning, veer, divergence. 3 they negotiated the sharp turn at the end of the narrow street: bend, corner, dog-leg, twist, zigzag; Brit. hairpin bend. 4 slow down, we're approaching the turn: turning, junction, crossroads; N. Amer. turnout. 5 you'll get your turn in a minute: opportunity, chance, say; stint, spell, time; try, attempt; informal go, shot, stab, crack. 6 a highly entertaining comic turn: act, routine, performance, number, piece; show. 7 why don't you take a turn around the garden? stroll, walk, saunter, amble, wander, airing, promenade; drive, ride, outing, excursion, jaunt; informal mosey, tootle, spin; Brit. informal pootle; dated constitutional; rare perambulation. 8 you gave me quite a turn! shock, start, surprise, jolt; fright, scare. 9 she had done me some good turns over the previous few months: service, deed, act, action; (a good turn ) favour, act of kindness, kindness; (a bad turn ) disservice, wrong, harm, injury. PHRASES at every turn her name seemed to come up at every turn: repeatedly, recurrently, all the time, always, continually, constantly, on every occasion, again and again, over and over again. in turn let's consider these three points in turn: one after the other, one by one, one at a time, in succession, successively, sequentially, in order; Latin seriatim. take a turn for the better his fortunes took a turn for the better in 1988: improve, get better, pick up, look up, perk up, rally, turn a /the corner; recover, revive. take a turn for the worse Anglo-French relations had taken a turn for the worse: deteriorate, get /grow worse, worsen, decline, retrogress; informal go downhill. to a turn beefburgers done to a turn: perfectly, just right, exactly right, to perfection; informal to a T. turn of events she was utterly unprepared for this turn of events: development, incident, occurrence, happening, circumstance, phenomenon. turn of mind those of us of a less scientific turn of mind: bent, disposition, inclination, tendency, propensity, bias, way of thinking; aptitude, talent, gift, flair. turn of phrase it's not exactly a turn of phrase that trips off the tongue: expression, idiom, choice of words; word, phrase, term, locution.
turncoat
turncoat noun traitor, renegade, defector, deserter, betrayer, Judas; fifth columnist, quisling; informal rat; rare tergiversator, renegate, renegado.
turning
turning noun take the first turning on the left: turn-off, turn, side road, exit; N. Amer. turnout.
turning point
turning point noun it was a turning point in Jack's life: watershed, critical moment, decisive moment, crossroads, crisis, climacteric, moment of truth; landmark.
turnout
turnout noun 1 his recent lecture attracted a good turnout: attendance, number of people present, audience, house; crowd, gathering, throng, assembly, assemblage, congregation; Sport gate; Austral. informal muster. 2 his turnout was exceedingly elegant: outfit, clothes, clothing, dress, garb, attire, ensemble, suit; uniform; informal get-up, gear, togs, garms; Brit. informal clobber, kit, rig-out; formal apparel; literary array, raiment, habit.
turnover
turnover noun 1 a company with an annual turnover of £2.25 million: (gross ) revenue, income, yield; volume of business, business; sales. 2 a high turnover of staff: rate of replacement, coming and going, change, movement. 3 cash-and-carry outlets rely on a rapid turnover of stock: throughput, rate of buying and selling, movement.
Duden Dictionary
Turn
Turn Substantiv, maskulin , der |təːn |der Turn; Genitiv: des Turns, Plural: die Turns englisch turn, zu: to turn = drehen (über das Altfranzösische ) < lateinisch tornare, turnen 1 Flugwesen Jargon Kurve 2 Jargon besonders durch Haschisch, Marihuana bewirkter Rauschzustand einen Turn haben | auf dem Turn sein
Turnanzug
Turn an zug Substantiv, maskulin , der |T u rnanzug |beim Turnen getragener Dress
Turnaround
Tur n a round , Turn around Substantiv, maskulin besonders Wirtschaft , der |ˈtəːnəraʊnd |der Turnaround; Genitiv: des Turnaround [s ], Plural: die Turnarounds englisch turnaround, zu: to turn around = umdrehen, umkehren Umschwung besonders in der wirtschaftlichen Situation eines Unternehmens; Überwindung einer Krise
Turnbeutel
Turn beu tel Substantiv, maskulin , der |T u rnbeutel | Beutel 1a für das Turnzeug
turnen
tur nen schwaches Verb |t u rnen |mittelhochdeutsch nicht belegt, althochdeutsch turnēn = drehen, wenden < lateinisch tornare = runden 1a , drechseln, zu: tornus, Turnus ; als angeblich »urdeutsches « Wort von F. L. Jahn (1778 –1852 ) in die Turnersprache eingeführt 1 a Perfektbildung mit »hat « Sport sich unter Benutzung besonderer Geräte (Barren, Reck, Pferd u. a.) sportlich betätigen sie kann gut turnen | am Barren turnen | umgangssprachlich wir turnen heute draußen unser Turnunterricht findet heute im Freien statt b Perfektbildung mit »hat « Sport turnend ausführen eine Kür, einen Flickflack turnen 2 a Perfektbildung mit »ist « umgangssprachlich sich mit gewandten, flinken Bewegungen kletternd, krabbelnd, hüpfend irgendwohin bewegen sie ist geschickt über die gefällten Stämme geturnt b Perfektbildung mit »hat « umgangssprachlich herumturnen 2
turnen
tur nen schwaches Verb Jargon |ˈtøːɐ̯nən ˈtœr …|schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « rückgebildet aus anturnen 1 sich durch Drogen, besonders Haschisch o. Ä., in einen Rauschzustand versetzen du brauchst dich nicht zu verstecken, wenn du turnst 2 (von Drogen ) eine berauschende Wirkung haben der Stoff turnt [nicht besonders ] | figurativ die Musik turnt wahnsinnig
Turnen
Tur nen Substantiv, Neutrum , das |T u rnen |das Turnen; Genitiv: des Turnens Sportart, Unterrichtsfach Turnen 1 sie hat in /im Turnen eine Eins
Turner
Tur ner Substantiv, maskulin , der |T u rner |der Turner; Genitiv: des Turners, Plural: die Turner Person, die [an Geräten ] turnt die deutschen Turner errangen mehrere Medaillen
Turnerei
Tur ne rei Substantiv, feminin umgangssprachlich, oft abwertend , die |Turner ei |1 ohne Plural [dauerndes ] Turnen 2 [waghalsige ] Kletterei lass diese Turnereien!
Turnerin
Tur ne rin Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnerin |die Turnerin; Genitiv: der Turnerin, Plural: die Turnerinnen weibliche Form zu Turner
turnerisch
tur ne risch Adjektiv |t u rnerisch |das Turnen 1 betreffend eine überragende turnerische Leistung
Turnerkreuz
Tur ner kreuz Substantiv, Neutrum , das |T u rnerkreuz |aus vier symmetrisch in der Form eines Kreuzes angeordneten großen F (den Anfangsbuchstaben von »frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei «, dem Wahlspruch der Turner ) bestehendes Zeichen der Turner
Turnerschaft
Tur ner schaft Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnerschaft |die Turnerschaft; Genitiv: der Turnerschaft, Plural: die Turnerschaften Gesamtheit von Turnerinnen und Turnern
Turnersprache
Tur ner spra che Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnersprache |Fachsprache der Turner [innen ]
Turnfest
Turn fest Substantiv, Neutrum , das |T u rnfest |festliche Veranstaltung, bei der Wettkämpfe und Darbietungen im Turnen stattfinden
Turngerät
Turn ge rät Substantiv, Neutrum , das |T u rngerät |Vorrichtung, an dem Übungen im Turnen ausgeführt werden
Turnhalle
Turn hal le Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnhalle |größeres Gebäude, das für den Turnunterricht, für Turnen, sportliche Betätigung errichtet und dementsprechend ausgerüstet ist
Turnhemd
Turn hemd Substantiv, Neutrum , das |T u rnhemd |zum Turnen zu tragendes Trikothemd
Turnhose
Turn ho se Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnhose |zum Turnen zu tragende kurze [schwarze ] Hose
Turnier
Tur nier Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Turn ie r |das Turnier; Genitiv: des Turniers, Plural: die Turniere mittelhochdeutsch turnier, turnīr, zu: turnieren < altfranzösisch tourn (o )ier = Drehungen, Bewegungen machen; die Pferde bewegen, im Kreis laufen lassen; am Turnier teilnehmen, zu: torn = Drehung; Dreheisen < lateinisch tornus, Turnus 1 (im Mittelalter ) festliche Veranstaltung, bei der Ritterkampfspiele durchgeführt werden 2 [über einen längeren Zeitraum sich erstreckende sportliche ] Veranstaltung, bei der in vielen einzelnen Wettkämpfen aus einer größeren Anzahl von Teilnehmern, Mannschaften ein Sieger ermittelt wird ein Turnier veranstalten, austragen, ausrichten | an einem Turnier teilnehmen | sie ist beim Turnier um die Europameisterschaft [im Tennis, Schach ] Zweite geworden
Turnierpferd
Tur nier pferd Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Turn ie rpferd |bei Turnieren eingesetztes Reitpferd
Turnierplatz
Tur nier platz Substantiv, maskulin , der |Turn ie rplatz |Anlage für Turniere im Pferdesport
Turnierreiter
Tur nier rei ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |Turn ie rreiter |an Turnieren teilnehmender Reiter
Turnierreiterin
Tur nier rei te rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Turn ie rreiterin |weibliche Form zu Turnierreiter
Turniersieg
Tur nier sieg Substantiv, maskulin , der |Turn ie rsieg |Sieg in einem Turnier
Turniersieger
Tur nier sie ger Substantiv, maskulin , der |Turn ie rsieger |jemand, der den Turniersieg errungen hat
Turniersiegerin
Tur nier sie ge rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Turn ie rsiegerin |weibliche Form zu Turniersieger
Turnierspieler
Tur nier spie ler Substantiv, maskulin , der |Turn ie rspieler |an Turnieren teilnehmender Spieler a er ist ein guter Turnierspieler (ein Spieler, dessen Fähigkeiten besonders bei Turnieren zur Wirkung kommen )
Turnierspielerin
Tur nier spie le rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Turn ie rspielerin |weibliche Form zu Turnierspieler
Turniertanz
Tur nier tanz Substantiv, maskulin , der |Turn ie rtanz |1 ohne Plural Tanzsport 2 für Tanzturniere zugelassener Tanz
Turniertänzer
Tur nier tän zer Substantiv, maskulin , der |Turn ie rtänzer |an Turnieren teilnehmender Tänzer
Turniertänzerin
Tur nier tän ze rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Turn ie rtänzerin |weibliche Form zu Turniertänzer
Turnkleidung
Turn klei dung Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnkleidung |
Turnlehrer
Turn leh rer Substantiv, maskulin , der |T u rnlehrer |Lehrer [an einer Schule, im Verein ], der Unterricht in Turnen erteilt
Turnlehrerin
Turn leh re rin Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnlehrerin |weibliche Form zu Turnlehrer
Turnmatte
Turn mat te Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnmatte |beim Turnen verwendete Matte b
Turnsaal
Turn saal Substantiv, maskulin besonders österreichisch , der |T u rnsaal |Turnhalle
Turnsachen
Turn sa chen Pluralwort umgangssprachlich , die |T u rnsachen |Pluraletantum Sachen 1 , besonders Kleidung, zum Turnen
Turnschuh
Turn schuh Substantiv, maskulin , der |T u rnschuh |absatzloser Schuh aus flexiblem Material, der beim Ausüben bestimmter Sportarten oder aufgrund seiner Bequemlichkeit in der Freizeit getragen wird fit wie ein Turnschuh umgangssprachlich sehr fit
Turnschuhgeneration
Turn schuh ge ne ra ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnschuhgeneration |ohne Plural Generation von Jugendlichen (besonders der 80er -Jahre ), deren Unbekümmertheit in der Kleidung in der Bevorzugung von Turnschuhen als ständig getragenem Schuhwerk zum Ausdruck kommt
Turnstunde
Turn stun de Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnstunde |Unterrichtsstunde im Turnen
Turnübung
Turn übung Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnübung |einzelne Übung im Turnen
Turnunterricht
Turn un ter richt Substantiv, maskulin , der |T u rnunterricht |Schulunterricht im Turnen
Turnüre
Tur nü re , Tour nü re Substantiv, feminin , die Tournüre |Turn ü re Tourn ü re |die Turnüre; Genitiv: der Turnüre, Plural: die Turnüren die Tournüre; Genitiv: der Tournüre, Plural: die Tournüren französisch tournure, eigentlich = Drehung < spätlateinisch tornatura = Drechslerei, zu lateinisch tornare, turnen 1 ohne Plural bildungssprachlich veraltet Gewandtheit im Benehmen, Auftreten 2 Mode früher im Kleid verborgenes, das Gesäß stark betonendes großes Polster
Turnus
Tur nus Substantiv, maskulin , der |T u rnus |der Turnus; Genitiv: des Turnus (österreichisch auch -ses ), Turnusse mittellateinisch turnus < lateinisch tornus = Dreheisen < griechisch tórnos 1 [im Voraus ] festgelegte Wiederkehr, Reihenfolge; regelmäßiger Wechsel, regelmäßige Abfolge von sich stets wiederholenden Ereignissen, Vorgängen ein starrer Turnus | einen Turnus unterbrechen | die Meisterschaften finden in einem Turnus von 4 Jahren statt | sie lösen sich im Turnus ab | er führt das Amt im Turnus mit seiner Kollegin 2 Durchgang 2a dies ist der letzte Turnus der Versuchsreihe 3 österreichisch Schicht 3
Turnusarzt
Tur nus arzt Substantiv, maskulin österreichisch , der |T u rnusarzt |Arzt in der praktischen Ausbildung
Turnusärztin
Tur nus ärz tin Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnusärztin |weibliche Form zu Turnusarzt
turnusgemäß
tur nus ge mäß Adjektiv |t u rnusgemäß |einem gegebenen Turnus 1 gemäß sie wird den Vorsitz turnusgemäß am ersten Januar übernehmen
turnusmäßig
tur nus mä ßig Adjektiv |t u rnusmäßig |sich in einem bestimmten Turnus 1 wiederholend diese Kongresse finden turnusmäßig statt
Turnvater
Turn va ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |T u rnvater |der Turnvater; Genitiv: des Turnvaters
Turnverein
Turn ver ein Substantiv, maskulin , der |T u rnverein |Verein von Turnerinnen und Turnern Abkürzung: TV
Turnwart
Turn wart Substantiv, maskulin , der |T u rnwart |
Turnwartin
Turn war tin Substantiv, feminin , die |T u rnwartin |
Turnzeug
Turn zeug Substantiv, Neutrum , das |T u rnzeug |Turnsachen
French Dictionary
turnover
turnover FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour rotation.
Spanish Dictionary
turnar
turnar verbo transitivo 1 Méx Remitir un asunto, expediente, etc. , [un funcionario o empleado gubernamental ] a otro :la secretaria turnó los papeles del acusado a la autoridad competente .2 turnarse verbo pronominal Alternar con una o varias personas la realización de una actividad o un servicio siguiendo un orden determinado :en el pozo vecinal se turnaban dos hombres para llenar el largo pilón donde las bestias abrevaban; varios directores se turnan la apresurada grabación de los últimos capítulos de la serie .
turnedó
turnedó nombre masculino Esp Pieza de carne que se obtiene del extremo del solomillo del buey o de la ternera .Puede encontrarse la grafía francesa tournedos .
turno
turno nombre masculino 1 Orden según el cual se alternan varias personas en la realización de una actividad o un servicio :organizamos turnos para la limpieza de la casa; establecieron un turno para la concesión de viviendas de protección .SINÓNIMO tanda .2 Momento u ocasión en que a una persona le corresponde hacer, dar o recibir una cosa :trabaja en el turno matinal; tres refugiados esperan su turno para abandonar el país; le toca el turno a la duquesa .de turno i Expresión que se aplica a la persona o la cosa que debe actuar en un momento determinado según un orden establecido :médico de turno .ii Que es habitual u obligado en un ambiente :cuando tiene que arrimar el hombro para ayudar al líder de turno no esconde el bulto; siempre busca oportunas excusas que le pongan a salvo de los fanáticos de turno; aquello no supuso un problema para el listo de turno que sabía resolverlo todo .turno de oficio Orden correlativo de asistencia establecido entre los abogados en ejercicio para atender y defender los pleitos de las personas que no tienen un abogado particular .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
turn
turn /təː r n /〖語源は 「旋盤で回す 」〗コーパス頻度ランク turn (A ) +副詞 /前置詞 ①to (↓自動詞 3 第1例注記, 4 第1例, 5a 第3例, 8 第1例, 成句 turn to, turn to A など )②out (↓成句 turn out, turn A out など )③on (↓成句 turn on, turn A on など )④into (↓自動詞 3 第2例, 5a 第2, 4例, 他動詞 5a , 成句 turn into A, turn A into B など )⑤back (↓成句 turn back, turn A back など )❢turn 自動詞 は 「回転する 」が基本の 動詞 で, 方向 運動の 副詞 /前置詞 と共によく用いられる .動詞 ~s /-z /; ~ed /-d /; ~ing 自動詞 【回る 】1 〖turn (+副詞 )〗 «…するために /…から » 〈人が 〉(体の )向きを変える, 振り返る , 向く (around, round ) «to do /from » ; 〈車 ボートなどが 〉ひっくり返る (!副詞 は方向 様態の表現 ) ▸ At the door, he turned around [from the window ] and looked at her .ドアのところで彼は振り向いて [窓から視線を移して ]彼女を見た ▸ turn toward the audience 聴衆の方に向く ▸ turn (over ) in bed ベッドで寝返りを打つ .2 〈ねじ かぎなどが 〉回る ; «…を軸にして » 回転 [自転 ]する «on » ; 〈天体などが 〉 «…の回りを » 回転 [公転 ]する «around » ▸ Tighten the nut to keep the bolt from turning .ボルトが回らないようにナットをきつく締めなさい ▸ The wheel won't turn .ハンドルがどうしても回らない ▸ turn on one's heel くるりと背を向ける .【曲がる 】3 〖turn (+副詞 )〗〈人 車などが 〉曲がる , それる, (進行 )方向を変える , 向きを変える (off ); 引き返す ; 曲がって «…の中に » 入る «into » (!副詞 は方向の表現 ) ▸ turn right at the traffic lights 信号を右に曲がる (!turn to the rightは時に 「右を向く 」「右に曲がっている 」の意味にもなる; ↑自動詞 1 , ↓自動詞 4 ) ▸ The car turned into the road .車は向きを変え, 道路へと出て行った .4 〖turn (+副詞 )〗〈道 川などが 〉曲がっている, カーブする (!副詞 は方向の表現 ) ▸ The road turns to the right as you leave the village .村を出ると道が右にカーブしています ▸ The river turns west .川は西に折れている .【変わる 】5 a. 〈物が 〉 «…から /…へと » 変わる , 転じる ; 変質する «from /to , into , toward » ; 〈怒り 笑いなどが 〉 «…に » 変わる «into , to » ▸ His dream of becoming a writer turned toward acting .彼は作家になりたいという夢があったが, 俳優業をめざす方向に転じた ▸ When water turns from liquid into ice, it expands .水が液体から氷になると膨張する ▸ The rain turned to [into ] snow .雨は雪に変わった ▸ His anger turned to sadness .彼の怒りは悲しみに変わった ▸ My laughter turned into coughing .笑い過ぎてせきこんでしまった .b. 〖turn C 〗C 〈ある状態 色 〉になる ; 〈天気 態度 食物などが 〉Cになる (! 通例悪化する場合に用いる ) ; Cに改宗 [転職 ]する (!Cは 形容詞 または職業や宗教を表す無冠詞の 名詞 ) ▸ Thermal paper may turn brown over time .感熱紙は時間がたつと黄色くなることがある ▸ His hair has turned gray [╳white ].彼の髪の毛は白くなった ▸ Milk quickly turns sour .牛乳は腐りやすい ▸ turn pale (顔色が )青くなる ▸ turn professional プロに転向する ▸ The weather suddenly turned cold .天候が急に寒くなった ▸ She's a singer- turned -actress [a singer turned actress ].彼女は歌手転身の女優だ (!turnedは 過分 でsinger turnedがactressを修飾している ) .6 〈潮 風が 〉変わる ▸ The tide will turn soon after lunch .昼食後にはまもなく潮の流れが変わります .7 ⦅英 ⦆〈試合が 〉流れが変わる, 好転する (around )▸ The game turned for good .試合の状況は好転した .【その他 】8 〈考え 注意などが 〉 «…に » 向く «to » ; «… (すること )から /… (すること )に » 目を向ける «from (do ing )/to (do ing )» ; 【活動 仕事 方法などを 】始める «to » ▸ His thoughts turned to the weekend .彼の頭は週末のことでいっぱいだった .9 〈ページが 〉めくれる .10 〈胃が 〉むかむかする, 吐き気がする; 〈頭が 〉くらくらする, 目が回る ▸ That made my stomach turn .それが吐きそうなほど嫌だった .11 旋盤を回す ; 旋盤にかかる .12 〈ナイフなどの刃が 〉鈍くなる .13 〘ゴルフ 〙折り返す (!後半のラウンドを始める ) .14 〘海 〙〈船が 〉間切る, 波間を切って進む .コーパス頻度ランク turn +名詞 ①face (↓他動詞 2 第2例 )②head (↓他動詞 2 第2例 )③light (↓成句 turn A down (2 ), turn A on (1 ), turn A out (3 ))④corner (↓他動詞 3 第1例 )⑤attention (↓他動詞 7 第1例 )他動詞 【回す 】1 〖turn A (+副詞 )〗〈人が 〉A 〈車輪など 〉を回転させる , 回す ; Aをぐるりと回す ; A 〈栓 足首など 〉をひねる (!副詞 は方向 様態の表現 ) ▸ turn the key in the ignition キーを回してエンジンをかける ▸ turn the wheel slightly ハンドルを軽くきる ▸ turn an ankle 足をくじく ▸ turn the doorknob slowly ドアのノブをゆっくり回す .【向きを変える 】2 〖turn A (+副詞 )〗〈人が 〉A 〈体 (の一部 )物 〉の向きを変える , 【ある方向に 】Aを向ける ((a )round ) «to , toward » ; Aをそらす (away ); A 〈弾丸 〉をそらす (!副詞 は方向の表現 ) ▸ I turned my chair around to face the window .私はいすを回転させて窓の方を向いた ▸ turn one's face [head ] toward the wall 壁の方へ顔 [頭 ]を向ける .3 〖turn A (+副詞 )〗〈人が 〉A 〈車など 〉の進路 [方向 ]を変える ; A 〈街角など 〉を曲がる ; Aを迂回する (!副詞 は方向の表現 ) ▸ turn a corner 角を曲がる ▸ turn one's car to the south 車の進路を南に変更する 4 〈人が 〉〈物 〉をひっくり返す , 裏返す (over ); …を (ある方法で )折り曲げる ; 〈ページ 〉をめくる; 〈土地 〉を耕す ;〘 印 〙〈活字 〉を逆字 [上下逆さま ]にする ▸ turn the soil [meat ]地面を掘り起こす [肉をひっくり返す ]▸ as each page is turned ページがめくられるにつれて .【性質を変える 】5 a. 〖turn A into B 〗〈人 事などが 〉A 〈物 〉をB 〈別の物 状態 〉へと変える ; A 〈ある言語 〉をB 〈別の言語 〉に訳す ▸ The TV show turned the band into an overnight success .そのテレビ番組のおかげでバンドは一夜にして有名になった ▸ turn the building into a museum その建物を博物館に転用する ▸ She turned her hatred into indifference .彼女は憎しみを無関心へと変えた .b. 〖turn A C 〗〈人 物 事が 〉AをC 〈状態 〉に変える , する ; 変化 [変質 ]させる (!Cは 形容詞 ) ▸ The heat turned the milk sour .暑さで牛乳が腐ってしまった ▸ I turned my dogs loose there .私はそこで自分の犬を放して自由に遊ばせた .6 ⦅英 報道 ⦆〈試合 〉の流れを変える, …を好転させる (around ).【その他 】7 〈人が 〉 «…から /…に » 〈注意 関心 怒りなど 〉を向ける «from /to » ▸ turn one's attention to art 美術に興味を持つ .8 〈ある年齢 時刻 〉を越える ; …を過ぎる ; …になる ▸ I turn 50 this year .私は今年50歳になる ▸ It's just turned seven .7時を回ったところだ .9 ⦅米 ⦆〈利益など 〉を得る (⦅英 ⦆make, return ) (!受け身にしない ) ▸ turn a profit in the first quarter 第1四半期で利益を出す .10 〈胃 〉をむかむかさせる; 〈頭 〉にめまいを起こす .11 (ろくろ 旋盤で回して )…を形作る; (言葉を選んで )〈賛辞など 〉を作る ▸ turn a phrase 気の利いた [しゃれた ]ことを言う [書く ].12 〈回転技など 〉をする (!受け身にしない ) ▸ turn a somersault 宙返りをする .13 (ある場所に )〈人 動物など 〉を追いやる, 行かせる .14 〈ナイフなどの刃 〉を鈍くする; 〈ねじ (の頭 )〉をつぶす .15 〈パン生地 〉を取り出す, 広げる (out ).16 …を腐敗させる ;⦅ 米 ⦆…を堕落させる .Ab ò ut [L è ft, R ì ght ] t ú rn! =About [Left, Right ] face .t ù rn a [the ] c ó rner 1 ↑他動詞 3 .2 苦境を脱する ; 困難を切り抜ける .t ù rn ab ó ut =turn around (1 ).t ú rn against A 1 〈人が 〉A 〈人 物事 〉を嫌いになる, 支持しない .2 〈状況が 〉Aにとって不利になり始める .t ú rn A against B A 〈人 〉にB 〈人 物事 〉を嫌いにさせる, 仲たがいさせる ▸ The gossip turned the neighbors against me .そのうわさ話のせいで近所の人が私に冷たくなった t ù rn ar ó und 1 くるりと回る, 回れ右をする ▸ Jim turned around and looked at me .ジムは振り返って私を見た 2 〈事業 経済 試合などが 〉好転する ; 〈株式市況などが 〉がらりと変わる .3 〈人が 〉考えを変える ▸ He turned around and called me a liar .彼は急に僕のことをうそつき呼ばわりし始めた .4 〘海 〙〈船舶 航空機が 〉次回航海 [飛行 ]の準備をする .t ù rn A ar ó und [ar ó und A ]1 Aをくるりと回す, Aに回れ右させる ; A 〈車など 〉をUターンさせる .2 A 〈事業 経済 試合など 〉を好転させる ; A 〈人 〉を正しい方に目を向けさせる ; A 〈考え方 〉を一変させる .3 A 〈製品 サービスなど 〉の生産 [提供 ]を終える .4 A 〈質問 文章 考えなど (の表現方法 )〉を変える ; A 〈物事 〉を別の角度から考える .5 A 〈航空機 船舶 〉を飛行 [航海, 帰港, 帰航 ]準備させる .t ù rn as í de わきを向く ; «…から » 顔 [視線 ]をそむける «from » .t ù rn A as í de [as í de A ]Aをわきへそらす ; A 〈質問など 〉を受け流す, かわす .t ù rn aw á y «…から » 顔をそむける ; «…を » (見 )捨てる ; «…に » 関心を失う, «…を » 冷たくあしらう ; 【方法 考えなどを 】捨てる «from » ; 立ち去る ▸ He shook his head and turned away .彼は首を横にふってそっぽを向いた .t ù rn A aw á y «…から » A 〈物 視線 〉を離す, そらす «from » .t ù rn A aw á y [aw á y A ]1 【場所から 】A 〈人 〉を追い出す, 追い払う ; 【劇場 レストランなどに 】(満員などの理由で )A 〈人 〉を中に入れない «from » ▸ We were turned away from the restaurant .レストランに入れてもらえなかった .2 A 〈人 〉の協力要請に応じない ; A 〈人 〉を見捨てる .3 «…から » A 〈人 〉の目をそむけさせる «from » .t ù rn b á ck 引き返す , 戻る (!比喩的な意味でも用いる ) ; 元に戻る, 方針を変える ▸ There's no turning back .もう引き返せない .t ù rn A b á ck [b á ck A ]1 A 〈人 〉を引き返させる, A 〈物 〉を戻す ▸ turn the clock back 時間を逆戻りさせる, 時を遡る ; 昔 (の好ましくないやり方 状態 )に戻る .2 A 〈布 紙 (の端 )など 〉を折り返す .t ù rn d ó wn 1 (悲しみやいらだちで )〈口が 〉への字になる .2 ⦅英 報道 ⦆〈割合 水準などが 〉下がる (⦅米 ⦆fall ); 〈景気などが 〉下り坂になる .t ú rn down A 曲がってA 〈脇道など 〉に入る .t ù rn A d ó wn [d ó wn A ]1 A 〈申し出 提案 人など 〉を拒む, 断る, 却下する (→refuse 1 類義 )▸ I asked for some time off but the boss turned me down .私は休暇を願い出たが上司に却下された .2 (つまみを回して )A 〈ラジオ 電灯 暖房など (の音量 光 熱 )〉を小さくする, 落とす, 下げる (↔turn up ); 〖~ A down [down A ] C 〗Aを小さくして [下げて ]C 〈状態 〉にする (!Cは 形容詞 ) ▸ turn the lights down low 照明を落とす .3 A 〈ページ えりなど 〉を折り返す .4 A 〈トランプの札 〉を伏せる .t ù rn í n 1 〈足 (の指 )が 〉内側に向く .2 ⦅くだけて やや古 ⦆(夜に )床に就く .t ù rn í n A A 〈良い結果 好成績 〉をあげる ; A 〈仕事など 〉をやってのける ; A 〈利益など 〉を上げる .t ù rn A í n [í n A ]1 ⦅くだけて ⦆【警察などに 】A 〈人 違法な所有物など 〉を引き渡す, 届け出る ; 〈犯人 〉の居場所を知らせる «to » ▸ He turned himself in after six months on the run .彼は6か月の逃亡の後に自首した .2 ⦅主に米 ⦆A 〈不要な物 借りた物など 〉を返却する (return ); «…に » A 〈拾い物など 〉を届ける «to » ; Aを下取りに出す ▸ He had to turn in his uniform when he left the army .彼は軍隊を去るときに制服を返却する必要があった .3 ⦅主に米 ⦆A 〈仕事 宿題など 〉を (当局 会社 先生などに )提出する, 渡す (hand in )▸ turn in the essay by Friday 金曜までにレポートを出す .4 Aを (内側へ )折り込む, (折り )曲げる ; Aを中に入れる .5 A 〈家畜 〉を (囲いなどに )追い込む .t ù rn í n on one s è lf (他人を避けて )自分の問題に没頭する ; 自分の殻にこもる, 隠遁 (いんとん )生活を送る .t ù rn A ì nside ó ut →inside 名詞 .t ú rn into A 1 ↑自動詞 5 a .2 (魔法などで )Aに変身する .3 〈季節が 〉A 〈次の季節 〉に移る ▸ Days [Months ] turned into weeks [years ].(何かを待つ間に )時がゆっくり過ぎ去った .t ú rn A into B 1 ↑他動詞 5 a .2 (魔法などで )A 〈人 物 〉をBにする, 変身させる .3 Aの進路を変えてBに入る .T ù rn it ú p!⦅くだけた話 ⦆やめろ, よせ .t ù rn ó ff 1 〈機械のスイッチが 〉切れる ; 〈明かりが 〉消える .2 〈人が 〉 «…で /…の近くで » 脇道に入る «at /near » ; 〈道が 〉分かれる .3 ⦅くだけて ⦆聞く [考える ]のをやめる .t ú rn off A A 〈道など 〉をそれて 【横道に入って 】進む «into , onto » ; Aから横道 [支線など ]へ入る ; Aから分かれる (!受け身にしない ) .t ù rn A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 A 〈電気 ガス エアコンなど 〉を 止める, 消す , 切る (switch A off )(↔turn A on ); ⦅まれ ⦆〖~ oneself off 〗〈電気 機械などが 〉止まる, 消える ▸ turn off the television テレビを消す .2 ⦅くだけた話 ⦆A 〈人 〉を飽きさせる, 無関心にさせる, うんざりさせる .3 ⦅くだけた話 ⦆〈物 事が 〉A 〈人 〉の性的関心をなくす (↔turn A on ).4 ⦅英 ⦆A 〈使用人など 〉を首にする .t ú rn A off B A 〈人 〉のBへの関心を失わせる .t ù rn ó n 1 〈水 ガスなどが 〉出る ; 〈明かりが 〉つく .2 ⦅話 ⦆(麻薬などで ) «…に » うっとりとなる «to » .t ú rn on A 1 A 〈人 〉に急に襲いかかる, A 〈人 〉を非難する, 責める (!受け身にしない ) ▸ The lion suddenly turned on its keeper .そのライオンはいきなり飼い主に襲いかかった .2 ⦅英 ⦆〈状況 成功などが 〉Aにかかっている ; A (の結果 )次第である (depend on ) (!受け身にしない ) ▸ Everything turns on the results of the coming election .すべては今度の選挙結果によって決まる 3 ⦅英 くだけて ⦆〈思考 会話が 〉Aを中心に行われる (!受け身にしない ) .t ù rn A ó n [ó n A ]1 A 〈電気 ガス エアコンなど 〉を つける , 出す (switch A on )(↔turn A off )▸ turn on the TV [lights ]テレビ [照明 ]をつける .2 ⦅くだけて ⦆A 〈人 〉をわくわくさせる ; (特に性的に )興奮させる, むらむらさせる (↔turn A off )▸ Italian food has never turned me on .イタリア料理にひかれたことは一度もないね ▸ Whatever turns you on !⦅くだけて 俗 おどけて ⦆そういうことが好きな人もいるけどね (!自分はまったく関心がないことを暗示 ) .3 ⦅くだけて ⦆(突然 )Aを見せる [示す ]▸ turn on the charm (欲しい物があって )突然いい子ぶる ▸ turn on a smile 作り笑いをする .4 ⦅話 ⦆A 〈人 〉を (麻薬などで )うっとりさせる, Aに幻覚症状を起こさせる .t ú rn A on [upon ] B A 〈銃 光 視線 背中など 〉をB 〈人など 〉に向ける ▸ turn the searchlights on the water サーチライトを水面にあてる ▸ Why do you always turn your anger on me? なんでいつも僕にあたるんだい .t ù rn A ó n to B ⦅くだけて ⦆A 〈人 〉にBに対する興味を持たせる ▸ He turned me on to music .その人が私の音楽への眼を開かせてくれた .t ù rn ó ut 1 〖~ out (to be ) C 〗〈物 事が 〉結局Cになる ; Cだとわかる, 判明する (!Cは 形容詞 名詞 ) ▸ Everything turned out well [all right, fine ].結局すべてがうまくいった ▸ It turned out that we had a mutual friend .私たちには共通の友人がいることがわかった (!itはthat節をさす形式主語 ) ▸ The trouble turned out to be more serious than we had thought .問題は我々が考えていたより深刻なものだとわかった ▸ The morning was rainy, but the afternoon turned out nice .朝は雨模様だったが午後は晴れた ▸ He was very sick, in what turned out to be the last week of his life .彼の具合が非常に悪かったのは, 彼の人生最後の1週間となる週であった ▸ I needn't have hurried, as it [things ] turned out .急ぐ必要はなかったんです, 結局は .2 «行事などに /…しようと » 出かける, 繰り出す «for /to do » .3 外側に向く [曲がる ].4 ⦅くだけて ⦆ベッドから起き上がる .t ù rn A ó ut [ó ut A ]1 〈工場などが 〉A 〈物 〉を (大量に )作り出す, 製造する ; 〈学校などが 〉A 〈有能な人材 科学者など 〉を輩出する .2 【居住地などから 】A 〈人 〉を追い出す, 追い払う «of , from » ; A 〈人 〉を首にする .3 A 〈明かり 暖房など 〉を消す, 止める (turn off )▸ Will the last person to leave turn out the lights, please .最後に帰る人は消灯をお願いします .4 【容器などから 】A 〈物 〉を出す «of , from » ; ⦅英 ⦆A 〈部屋 引き出しなど 〉を (中身を出して )きれいに片づける ; 掃除する .5 A 〈ポケットなど 〉の中身を出す ; Aを (中の物を出すため )裏返しにする .6 Aを外側に向ける .7 〖受け身で 〗(…のように )服を着ている (!well, badly, beautifullyなどの 副詞 を伴って ) ▸ She was always well turned out .彼女はいつもきちんとした身なりであった .t ù rn ó ver 1 〈物が 〉ひっくり返る, 転がる, 転倒する ; 〈人が 〉寝返りを打つ (roll over ).2 〈エンジンが 〉かかる, 始動する .3 ⦅英 ⦆テレビのチャンネルを切り替える (switch over ); ページ [紙など ]をめくる .4 〈商品 (の在庫 )が 〉回転する, はける .5 〈場所などが 〉 «…に » 転用される «to » .t ù rn ó ver A ⦅主に英 ⦆〈企業などが 〉 (一定期間に )A 〈ある額 〉を売り上げる ▸ The restaurant turns over about $3,000 a week .そのレストランは1週間に3000ドルの売り上げがある .t ù rn A ó ver [ó ver A ]1 Aをひっくり返す, 裏返す ; 転がす ; A 〈カセットなど 〉を裏面にする ; «…が下になるよう » A 〈病人など 〉に寝返りを打たせる «onto » ; A 〈地面 〉を掘り返す ▸ turn over the steak ステーキを裏返す .2 Aについて思いめぐらす, あれこれ考える, 熟考する (consider )▸ I was turning this over in my mind .私はこのことを思案中だった .3 〈店が 〉A 〈在庫品 〉を売って補充する, 回転させる ; A 〈資金 〉を運用する .4 ⦅英俗 ⦆A 〈建物 〉を (不法侵入して )荒らす (!しばしば受け身で ) .5 A 〈エンジン 〉をかける, 始動させる .6 ⦅英 ⦆A 〈本 (のページ )紙など 〉をめくる ; «…に » A 〈テレビ 〉のチャンネルを替える «to » .7 ⦅英 ⦆A 〈場所 〉を (ひっかき回して )捜索する, 調べる .8 【警察などに 】A 〈犯罪者 証拠品など 〉を引き渡す «to » ▸ turn the shoplifter over to the police 万引きした人物を警察に突き出す .9 【人に 】A 〈計画 商売 財産など 〉を譲渡する, 引き渡す «to » .t ù rn A ó ver [ó ver A ] to B ⦅英 ⦆A 〈場所 工場 〉をB 〈特定の目的 〉のために使い始める .t ù rn r ó und ⦅英 ⦆=turn around .t ù rn A r ó und [r ó und A ]⦅英 ⦆=turn A around .t ù rn the t í de (of A )(Aの )流れを変える .t ù rn t ó ⦅やや古 ⦆(意欲的に )仕事にとりかかる ; 本腰を入れてやる .t ú rn to A 1 【助けなどを求めて 】A 〈人 〉を頼る, Aの所へ行く «for » ; A 〈物事 〉に救いを求める ; A 〈酒 麻薬など 〉に溺れる ; A 〈犯罪 〉に走る ▸ turn to religion 宗教に救いを求める ▸ Who else can I turn to ?私はほかにいったいだれを頼ることができるのか .2 ⦅かたく ⦆A 〈好ましくない形 状態 態度など 〉に変わる .3 A 〈…ページ 〉を開く ▸ Turn to page seven .7ページを開きなさい .4 A 〈新しい仕事 習慣 〉を始める ; A 〈新しい話題 〉に目を向ける ; 〈会話が 〉A 〈特定の話題 〉に移る .t ú rn A to B 1 A 〈関心 〉をB 〈話題 〉に移す .2 ⦅かたく ⦆A 〈人 物 〉をB 〈好ましくないもの 〉にする, 変える .t ù rn ú p 1 〈人が 〉現れる ; «…のために » 姿を現す «for » (show up )▸ turn up for work 仕事に来る .2 〈紛失物が 〉 (ひょっこり )出てくる ; 〈物が 〉 «…の中に » ある, 見つかる «in » .3 〈機会が 〉 (たまたま )訪れる ; 〈仕事が 〉見つかる .4 上を向く, 上に曲がる ; 〈景気などが 〉上り坂になる .5 =turn out (1 ).6 〘海 〙間切る .t ù rn A ú p [ú p A ]1 A 〈ラジオ 暖房など (の音 熱など )〉を大きくする, 上げる (↔turn A down ); 〖~ A up C 〗Aを大きくしてC 〈状態 〉にする (!Cは 形容詞 ) ▸ turn the radio up loud ラジオの音量を上げる 2 A 〈隠れた事実など 〉を明らかにする, 発見する, 暴き出す ▸ The investigation turned up nothing .その調査では何もわからなかった .3 ⦅英 ⦆A 〈服のすそ 〉を折り返す, 短くする (↔let A down ).4 Aを起こす, 立てる, 上に向ける .5 A 〈トランプ札 〉を上に向けて置く .6 Aを掘り出す .7 ⦅英話 ⦆A 〈人 〉に吐き気を催させる .t ú rn upon A 1 ⦅かたく ⦆A 〈人 〉に立ち向かう, 敵対する ; Aに突然襲いかかる .2 Aで決まる (depend on ).t ù rn A ù pside d ó wn →upside .名詞 複 ~s /-z /C 1 回転 , 回転運動 ; 一ねじり, 一回り ▸ tighten the screw a quarter turn more ねじをもう4分の1ひねりして締める ▸ mix with a few turns of the spoon スプーンを2, 3回まわしてかき混ぜる .2 方向転換 , 転回, 折り返し, ターン ; 曲がること ▸ make a right turn [a turn to the right ]右に曲がる ▸ take [make ] a wrong turn 曲がる道を間違える ▸ make an illegal U- turn 違法だがUターンする ▸ do a 180 degree turn 180度方向転換する .3 〖通例one 's ~〗 «…する » 番 , 順番 «to do » ▸ Now it's your turn (to sing ).さあ今度は君の (歌う )番だ (!このitは形式主語ではなく状況のit ) ▸ Whose turn is it? だれの番だ ▸ Please have a seat and wait your turn .おかけになって順番をお待ちください ▸ When it was my turn , I stood up .番になって私は立ち上がった .4 〖単数形で 〗 «…の » (突然の )変化, 変転 , (予期せぬ )成り行き «in » ; 〖the ~〗転機 , 変わり目 (turning point )▸ The war took a dramatic turn toward the end of the year .戦況はその年の終わりに大きく変化した ▸ a [the ] turn of events (予期せぬ )一連の出来事 [変化 ]▸ take a turn for the better [worse ]〈状況 天候などが 〉急によく [悪く ]なる .5 (時代の )変わり目 ; 節目 ▸ at the turn of the century [year ]世紀 [1年 ]の変わり目に 6 ⦅米 ⦆曲がり角, 曲がり目 (⦅英 ⦆turning )▸ take the first turn to the right 最初の角を右へ曲がる .7 (サーカスなどでの短い )出し物, 演目 ▸ do a turn at a party パーティで芸を披露する .8 ⦅やや古 ⦆(ちょっとした )散歩 ; ドライブ ; 乗馬 ▸ Let's take a turn around the block .この一画をちょっと歩きましょう .9 ⦅英 くだけて やや古 ⦆(病気 目まいなどの )発作, 発病 (attack ); 〖通例単数形で 〗ぎょっとすること ▸ give A a turn A 〈人 〉を驚かせる, ぎょっとさせる ▸ have a turn 気分がすぐれない, 少し気が遠くなる .10 〖単数形で 〗ひと仕事 ;⦅ 英 ⦆ (交替勤務の )出番 .11 曲がり具合, (身体の )曲線 ; くびれ ; 格好 .12 ⦅英 ⦆〘金融 〙(株などの )売買 ; 買値と売値の差 (額 ), (それによる )利益, 利ざや .13 〖単数形で 〗(生まれつきの )性向 ; 才能 (!通例 形容詞 を伴う ) ▸ have a vaguely meditative turn ぼんやりと物思いにふける性質がある ▸ a turn of mind ⦅文 ⦆(人の )物事に対する考え方 .14 行為 (!通例 形容詞 を伴う ) ▸ One good turn deserves another .⦅やや古 ことわざ ⦆よい行いにはよい行いがふさわしい ; 恩に報いるには恩で返しなさい ▸ do A a good [bad ] turn ⦅やや古 ⦆A 〈人 〉によい [悪い ]ことをする .15 言い回し ▸ a happy turn of phrase うまい言い回し ; (自己 )表現能力 .16 (ロープなどの )一巻き (分 ).17 〘印 〙上下が逆転した活字 .at è very t ú rn 1 ⦅否定的に ⦆いつでも (constantly ); ことごとく .2 至る所に (everywhere ).a t ù rn of sp é ed 急加速, 急成長 ; 瞬発力 ; ⦅英 ⦆俊足 .a t ù rn of the scr é w «…にとって » さらなる圧力 [困難, 災難 ], 一層の締め付け [強要 ] «for » .by t ú rn (s )1 ⦅文 ⦆〖A and Bの形で結ばれた複数の 形容詞 動詞 と共に 〗AしたりBしたり [AであったりBであったり ]▸ They were, by turns, surprised and excited .彼らは驚いたり興奮したりした .2 かわるがわる, 交替で (alternately ).c à ll the t ú rn ⦅話 ⦆正確に予言する .h à ve a f ù nny t ú rn 1 (倒れそうに )ふらふらする .2 ⦅くだけて ⦆〈人 動物が 〉突然おかしな行動をする .in one's t ú rn 自分の番に ; 今度は自分が, 自分もまた, 入れ替わって .in t ú rn (s )1 順番に, 正しい順序で ; 次々と, 一人一人 ▸ The players received their medals in turn .選手たちは一人一人メダルを受け取った 2 今度は ; 今度は逆に ▸ The moon goes around the earth, which, in turn , goes around the sun .月は地球の周りを回り, その地球が今度は太陽の周りを回っている .3 交替で .on the t ú rn 1 ⦅主に英 ⦆ちょうど変わり目で, 変わり始めて .2 ⦅主に英 ⦆〈牛乳 魚などが 〉腐り始めて .3 〈潮が 〉変わり始めて .out of t ú rn 1 順序を守らないで .2 ⦅ややかたく ⦆時 [場所 ]をわきまえずに (不適切 [場違い ]な事を )〈言う するなど 〉.3 ⦅話 ⦆向こう見ずに, 早まって .s è rve A's t ú rn A 〈人 〉の用に間に合う, Aに役立つ .t à ke t ú rns =⦅英 ⦆t à ke it in t ú rns «…を /…するのに » 交替でやる «in , at /to do, do ing » ▸ We took turns sitting with her in the hospital .病院で私たちは交替で彼女の付き添いをした .to a t ú rn ⦅英 ⦆ちょうどいい加減に, 適度に 〈料理されて 〉.t ù rn and t ù rn ab ó ut ⦅やや古 ⦆〈2人が 〉交替で .~́ s ì gnal ⦅米 ⦆(自動車の )方向指示器 .
turnabout
t ú rn ab ò ut 名詞 C 1 方向転換, 転回 .2 (思想などの )転向, 寝返り .3 ⦅米 ⦆回転木馬 (merry-go-round ).4 ⦅米 ⦆報復, 仕返し ▸ Turnabout is a fair play .仕返しは正当なことだ .
turnaround
t ú rn ar ò und 名詞 C 1 (思想などの )転向, 変節 (turnabout ).2 方向転換, 転回 ; (車の )Uターン場所 .3 (船 飛行機などの )折り返し航行の時間 (turnaround time ).
turncoat
t ú rn c ò at 名詞 C (党 信条などの )裏切り者, 変節者 .
turncock
t ú rn c ò ck 名詞 C ⦅やや古 ⦆(水道局の )給水係 ; (水道 ガスなどの )栓, コック .
turndown
t ú rn d ò wn 名詞 U C ⦅米 くだけて ⦆拒絶 ; 拒絶された人 .形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗折り返しの 〈えりなど 〉.
Turner
Tur ner /tə́ː r nə r /名詞 ターナー 〘Joseph Mallord William /mǽlə r d / ~; 1775 --1851; 英国の画家 〙.
turner
t ú rn er 名詞 C 1 ⦅主に英 ⦆旋盤工 ; ろくろ師 .2 ターナー 〘フライ返し 〙.3 ⦅主に米 ⦆体操協会の会員 ; 体操選手 .
turning
turn ing /tə́ː r nɪŋ /→turn 名詞 複 ~s /-z /1 C ⦅英 ⦆曲がり角 , 岐路 (⦅米 ⦆turn )▸ Take the next turning on the right .次の角を右に曲がってください .2 U 回転 ; 方向転換, 変わり目 .3 U ろくろ [旋盤 ]細工 (法 ); 〖~s 〗(旋盤の )削りくず .4 〖the ~〗形作ること, 構成 .~̀ p ó int 1 «…の /…にとっての » 転換期, 節目, 変わり目, 転機 «in /for » ▸ the turning point of a disease 病気の峠 .2 〘測量 〙もりかえ点, 換点 .~̀ r á dius ⦅米 ⦆ [c í rcle ⦅英 ⦆](車の )最小回転円 .
turnip
tur nip /tə́ː r nəp /名詞 1 C 〘植 〙カブ .2 U その根 〘食用, 飼料用 〙.3 C 大型の懐中 [腕 ]時計 .
turnkey
t ú rn k è y 1 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗完成引き渡し契約の 〈建物など 〉.
turnkey
t ù rn k é y 2 名詞 複 ~s C (昔の )牢番, 看守 .
turnoff
t ú rn ò ff 名詞 複 ~s C 1 わき道 (に入る [それる ]こと ), 分岐点 〘高速道路の出口ランプなど 〙.2 ⦅くだけて ⦆〖通例a ~〗(主に性的に )興ざめさせる人 [物 ].
turn-of-the-century
t ù rn-of-the-c é ntury 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗世紀の曲がり角で起きた .
turn-on
t ú rn- ò n 名詞 C ⦅くだけて ⦆〖通例a ~〗興味をそそる人 [物 ]; 性的に興奮させるもの [人 ].
turnout
t ú rn ò ut 名詞 1 C 〖通例単数形で 〗人出 ; 出席者 ; 観客数 ; 投票者総数 ▸ There was a good turnout at the polls .かなりの投票数があった 2 U 〖しばしばa ~〗生産高 .3 C ⦅英 ⦆ストライキ (参加者 ).4 C (鉄道の )待避線 ; ⦅米 ⦆(狭い道路上の )自動車の待避所 .5 C 身じたく ; 装備, 装い .6 C (従者 装備付きの )馬車 .7 C (部屋 容器などを )空けること .
turnover
turn over /tə́ː r ŋòʊvə r /名詞 複 ~s /-z /1 U 〖具体例ではa ~(of A )〗(一定期間の )(A 〈金額 〉の )総売上 , 出来高 ▸ a turnover of \10 million 総売上1000万円 2 U 〖具体例ではa (…) ~〗転職 (率 ); 離職 (率 ); 入れ替え率 ▸ a high [low ] turnover of staff 高い [低い ]従業員の離職率 .3 U 〖具体例ではa (…) ~〗(商品の )回転 (率 ), 投下資本回転 (数 ).4 C ターンオーバー 〘果物入りの小さな折り重ねたパイ 〙.5 C ⦅米 ⦆〘アメフト 〙攻守の入れ替え .6 C 転覆, 転倒 .7 C 折り返し (た物 ).形容詞 折り返しの (できる ).
turnpike
turn pike /tə́ː r npàɪk /名詞 C 1 ⦅米 ⦆(高速 )有料道路 (turnpike road ).2 通行料徴収所 (tollgate ).
turnround
t ú rn r ò und 名詞 =turnaround .
turnstile
t ú rn st ì le 名詞 C 回転式改札口 〘1人ずつ通すための 〙.
turntable
t ú rn t à ble 名詞 C 1 (特にDJなどが使う )レコードプレーヤー ; (レコードプレーヤーなどの )回転盤 .2 (鉄道の )転車台 .3 (食卓の )回転盆 .
turntablist
t ú rn t à blist 名詞 C ⦅くだけて ⦆(ダンス会場などでの )DJ 〘数種類のレコードの音をミックスしたりして, 新たな楽曲に仕立てる人 〙.
turn-up
t ú rn- ù p t ú rn ù p 名詞 C 1 ⦅英 くだけて ⦆突然で思いがけぬ出来事 (turn-up for the book (s )).2 ⦅英 ⦆(ズボンの )折り返し .3 折り返ったもの .形容詞 折り返しの .