turn over
Verb
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Place into the hands or custody of (synset 202235554)
"hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"is a type of: transfer - cause to change ownershipsubtypes:
- give - leave with; give temporarily
- slip, sneak - pass on stealthily
- deal - give (a specific card) to a player
- deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in - to surrender someone or something to another
- free, give up, release, relinquish, resign - part with a possession or right
- commit, confide, entrust, intrust, trust - confer a trust upon
- entrust, leave - put into the care or protection of someone
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Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position (synset 201913971)
"The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
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Move by turning over or rotating (synset 201870178)
"The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"is a type of: turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sensesubtypes: rim - roll around the rim ofsame as: roll
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Turn up, loosen, or remove earth (synset 201312361)
"Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractsubtypes:
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Do business worth a certain amount of money (synset 202266063)
"The company turns over ten million dollars a year"referred to in: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)is a type of: transact - conduct business
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Cause to move around a center so as to show another side of (synset 202093687)
"turn a page of a book"is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sensesame as: turn
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Turn from an upright or normal position (synset 201913390)
"The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"is a type of: turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sensesubtypes:
- capsize, turn turtle, turtle - overturn accidentally
- upend - become turned or set on end
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Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse (synset 201225522)
"flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"is a type of: turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
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Think about carefully;
Weigh (synset 200814706)"They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"is a type of: discuss, hash out, talk over - speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussionsubtypes:- see - deliberate or decide
- premeditate - consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand
- debate - argue with one another
- wrestle - engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
- think twice - consider and reconsider carefully
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