turned
adjective
[ təːnd ]
• (of an ankle) twisted or sprained.
• "the threat of a turned ankle was something they cared nothing about"
• (of earth) ploughed or dug, so as to bring the underparts to the surface.
• "the smell of turned earth and burning leaves"
• (of a wooden object) shaped on a lathe.
• "a small table with turned legs made from poplar"
• (of a phrase or verse) expressed in a specified manner.
• "the carefully turned words of great writers"
• (of a type or letter) printed or set upside down.
• "a possible turned letter in cunning/cunuing"
turn
verb
• 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).
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.
