turn
verb
[ təːn ]
• move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.
• "the big wheel was turning"
Similar:
go round,
revolve,
rotate,
spin,
go round and round,
go round in circles,
roll,
circle,
wheel,
whirl,
twirl,
gyrate,
swivel,
spiral,
pivot,
pass round,
sweep round,
round,
negotiate,
take,
• move (something) so that it is in a different position in relation to its surroundings or its previous position.
• "turn the mould upside down"
• change or cause to change in nature, state, form, or colour; become or make.
• "she turned pale"
Similar:
become,
develop into,
prove to be,
turn out to be,
change into,
be transformed into,
metamorphose into,
go,
grow,
get,
come to be,
convert,
change,
transform,
make,
adapt,
modify,
rebuild,
reconstruct,
refashion,
remake,
make over,
restyle,
• shape (something) on a lathe.
• "the faceplate is turned rather than cast"
• make (a profit).
turn
noun
• an act of moving something in a circular direction round 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"
• an opportunity or obligation to do something that comes successively to each of a number of people.
• "it was his turn to speak"
Similar:
opportunity,
chance,
say,
stint,
spell,
time,
try,
attempt,
go,
shot,
stab,
crack,
• a short walk or ride.
• "why don't you take a turn around the garden?"
Similar:
stroll,
walk,
saunter,
amble,
wander,
airing,
promenade,
drive,
ride,
outing,
excursion,
jaunt,
mosey,
tootle,
spin,
pootle,
constitutional,
perambulation,
• a shock.
• "you gave us quite a turn!"
• the difference between the buying and selling price of stocks or other financial products.
• a melodic ornament consisting of the principal note with those above and below it.
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.
