"turn" | Definition and Related Words

turn

Noun

A circular segment of a curve (synset 113891966)
"a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"

is a type of: curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

subtypes: bight - a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)

same as: bend, crook, twist
The act of changing or reversing the direction of the course (synset 100350856)
"he took a turn to the right"

is a type of: change of course - a change in the direction that you are moving
subtypes:
- deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion - a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- right - a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
- left - a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east
- kick turn - a standing turn made in skiing; one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first
- stem, stem turn - a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
- telemark - a turn made in skiing; the outside ski is placed ahead and turned gradually inwards
- swerve, swerving, veering - the act of turning aside suddenly
- three-point turn - the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs
- version - manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)
same as: turning
(game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession (synset 100458406)
"it is my turn"; "it is still my play"

referred to in: game - a contest with rules to determine a winner

is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
subtypes:
- move - (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
- start, starting - a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- innings - the batting turn of a cricket player or team
- attack - an offensive move in a sport or game
- down - (American football) a complete play to advance the football
- at-bat, bat - (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
- lead - the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- ruff, trumping - (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
- trick - (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
same as: play
An unforeseen development (synset 107437965)
"events suddenly took an awkward turn"

is a type of: development - a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

same as: turn of events, twist
A movement in a new direction (synset 107366212)
"the turning of the wind"

is a type of: motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
subtypes:
- reversal, turn around - turning in an opposite direction or position
- swerve, yaw - an erratic deflection from an intended course
- gyration, revolution, rotation - a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
- coming back, return - the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
- volution - a rolling or revolving motion
same as: turning
The act of turning away or in the opposite direction (synset 100347358)
"he made an abrupt turn away from her"

is a type of: change of direction, reorientation - the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented
Turning or twisting around (in place) (synset 100346280)
"with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"

is a type of: rotary motion, rotation - the act of rotating as if on an axis

subtypes: twiddle - a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns

same as: twist
A time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) (synset 115317305)
"it's my go"; "a spell of work"

is a type of: duty period, shift, work shift - the time period during which you are at work

same as: go, spell, tour
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive (synset 115281525)
referred to in: athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

is a type of: division, part, section - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
subtypes:
- top, top of the inning - the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
- bottom, bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
is a part of: period of play, play, playing period - (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds

same as: bout, round
A short performance that is part of a longer program (synset 106905066)
"he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"

is a type of: performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment

subtypes: show-stopper, showstopper, stopper - an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down

same as: act, bit, number, routine
A favor for someone (synset 101229572)
"he did me a good turn"

is a type of: favor, favour - an act of gracious kindness

same as: good turn
Taking a short walk out and back (synset 100293443)
"we took a turn in the park"

is a type of: walk - the act of walking somewhere

Verb

Change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense (synset 201911251)
"Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"

is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
subtypes:
- twist - turn in the opposite direction
- flip, flip over, turn over - turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- turn on a dime - have a small turning radius
- roll, turn over - move by turning over or rotating
- roll over - make a rolling motion or turn
- swing about, swing around, turn around - turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically
- flip, toss - lightly throw to see which side comes up
- port - turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship
- face - turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
- turn off - make a turn
- turn away - move so as not face somebody or something
- gee - turn to the right side
- about-face - turn, usually 180 degrees
- caracole - make a half turn on a horse, in dressage
- corner - turn a corner
- overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over - turn from an upright or normal position
- bend - change direction
- curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer - turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- deflect - turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
- bend, deflect, turn away - turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
- avert, turn away - turn away or aside
- rotate, splay, spread out, turn out - turn outward
- circumvolve, rotate - cause to turn on an axis or center
- pivot, swivel - turn on a pivot
- coil, gyrate, spiral - to wind or move in a spiral course
- corkscrew, spiral - move in a spiral or zigzag course
- deviate, divert - turn aside; turn away from
- pronate - turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards
verb group: turn - cause to move around or rotate
Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action (synset 200145958)
"We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
subtypes:
- arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken - stop sleeping
- black out, pass out, zonk out - lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
- come to, resuscitate, revive - return to consciousness
- tense, tense up - become tense, nervous, or uneasy
- decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind - become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin - take off weight
- gain, put on - increase (one's body weight)
- apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog - provide with clothes or put clothes on
- cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize - undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile
- conceive - become pregnant; undergo conception
- secularise, secularize - make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
- citrate - cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid
- equilibrate - bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium
- fall - pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- become, get, go - enter or assume a certain state or condition
- decline, worsen - grow worse
- ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate - get better
- disengage - become free
- overgrow - become overgrown
- concentrate - make denser, stronger, or purer
- break - crack; of the male voice in puberty
- acetify, acidify - turn acidic
- alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, basify - turn basic and less acidic
- ionise, ionize - convert into ions
- ossify - become bony
- catalyse, catalyze - change by catalysis or cause to catalyze
- get worse, relapse - deteriorate in health
- fluctuate - be unstable
- break loose, burst forth, explode - be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
- buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- be born - come into existence through birth
- cloud over - become overcast
- carbonise, carbonize - turn into carbon, as by burning
- chill, cool, cool down - loose heat
- heat, heat up, hot up - gain heat or get hot
- carbonise, carbonize, carburise, carburize - unite with carbon
- freeze - change to ice
- boil - come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
- burn, combust - undergo combustion
- emaciate - grow weak and thin or waste away physically
- frenchify - become French in appearance or character
- thin - lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- inspissate, thicken - become thick or thicker
- solvate - undergo solvation or convert into a solvate
- react - undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
- dissolve, fade away, fade out - become weaker
- discharge, empty - become empty or void of its content
- fill, fill up - become full
- homogenise, homogenize - become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing
- homogenise, homogenize - break up the fat globules of
- clabber, clot, curdle - turn into curds
- clot, coagulate - change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
- ferment, sour, turn, work - go sour or spoil
- integrate - become one; become integrated
- precipitate - separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- calcify - turn into lime; become calcified
- coke - become coke
- carnify - become muscular or fleshy
- chondrify - turn into cartilage
- emulsify - form into or become an emulsion
- denitrify - remove nitrogen from
- esterify - change (a compound) into an ester
- etherify - change into an ether
- thrombose - become blocked by a thrombus
- open, open up - become open
- close, shut - become closed
- sorb, take up - take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
- calm, calm down, chill out, cool it, cool off, settle down, simmer down - become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
- flourish, fly high, prosper, thrive - make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- emancipate, liberate - give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- get into, tangle with - get involved in or with
- liquefy - become liquid
- catch fire, combust, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire - start to burn or burst into flames
same as: change state
verb group:
- grow, turn - pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become, turn - undergo a change or development
Undergo a change or development (synset 202632685)
"The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"

is a type of: metamorphose, transform, transmute - change in outward structure or looks
subtypes:
- boil down, come down, reduce - be the essential element
- choke, suffocate - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- nucleate - form into a nucleus
- add up, amount, come - develop into
same as: become
verb group:
- change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- turn - cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
Cause to move around or rotate (synset 202094251)
"turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"

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 sense
subtypes:
- reorient - cause to turn
- supinate - turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)
- port - put or turn on the left side, of a ship
verb group:
- turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
- turn - cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
Change to the contrary (synset 200138328)
"The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
subtypes:
- alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange, switch, tack - reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- turn the tables, turn the tide - cause a complete reversal of the circumstances
- commutate - reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current
- exchange, switch, switch over - change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- correct, rectify, right - make right or correct
- falsify - falsify knowingly
- commute, permute, transpose - change the order or arrangement of
- metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify - change completely the nature or appearance of
- regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back - go back to a previous state
- desynchronise, desynchronize - cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times
- deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow - remove the consecration from a person or an object
- undo - cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
same as: change by reversal, reverse
Pass to the other side of (synset 201913805)
"turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle"

is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

same as: move around
Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute;
Become (synset 200125649)
"The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"

is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
subtypes:
- bald - grow bald; lose hair on one's head
- turn - change color
same as: grow

verb group: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Let (something) fall or spill from a container (synset 201439155)
"turn the flour onto a plate"

is a type of: channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport - send from one person or place to another
subtypes:
- deflate - release contained air or gas from
- throw - throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
same as: release
Move around an axis or a center (synset 202100445)
"The wheels are turning"

is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

subtypes: go around, revolve, rotate - turn on or around an axis or a center
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 sense
subtypes:
- evert - turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward
- leaf - turn over pages
same as: turn over
To send or let go (synset 201956067)
"They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"

is a type of: direct, send - cause to go somewhere
To break and turn over earth especially with a plow (synset 201745745)
"Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

referred to in: agriculture, farming, husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

entail: cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth

is a type of: till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
subtypes:
- ridge - plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
- disk, harrow - draw a harrow over (land)
same as: plough, plow
Shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel (synset 201587371)
"turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel"

is a type of: form, shape - give shape or form to

verb group: turn - accomplish by rotating
Change color (synset 200283283)
"In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
is a type of:
- grow, turn - pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- color, colour, discolor, discolour - change color, often in an undesired manner
Twist suddenly so as to sprain (synset 200090876)
"wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

is a type of: injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to

same as: rick, sprain, twist, wrench, wrick
Cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics (synset 202633015)
"The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold"

is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

verb group: become, turn - undergo a change or development
Accomplish by rotating (synset 202568340)
"turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels"

is a type of: do, perform - get (something) done

verb group: turn - shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
Get by buying and selling (synset 202216730)
"the company turned a good profit after 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: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Cause to move along an axis or into a new direction (synset 202094702)
"turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn your dance partner around"

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 sense

subtypes: bring about - cause to move into the opposite direction

verb group: turn - cause to move around or rotate
Channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something (synset 201955796)
"The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium"

is a type of: direct, send - cause to go somewhere

subtypes: take up - turn one's interest to
Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form (synset 201282617)
"bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"

is a type of: change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form
subtypes:
- dent, indent - make a depression into
- incurvate - cause to curve inward
- gnarl - twist into a state of deformity
- crank - bend into the shape of a crank
- convolute, convolve - curl, wind, or twist together
same as: bend, deform, flex, twist
Alter the functioning or setting of (synset 201227779)
"turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down"

is a type of: control, operate - handle and cause to function
Direct at someone (synset 201154355)
"She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car"

is a type of: aim, direct, take, take aim, train - point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to (synset 200796302)
"She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help"

is a type of: appeal, invoke - request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection

same as: call on
Go sour or spoil (synset 200459426)
"The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"

is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action

same as: ferment, sour, work

verb group: ferment, work - cause to undergo fermentation
Become officially one year older (synset 200249273)
"She is turning 50 this year"

is a type of: age, get on, maturate, mature, senesce - grow old or older

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