turn
/tɜɹn/ noun A1- A change of direction or orientation. · Give the handle a turn, then pull it.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A walk to and fro. · Let's take a turn in the garden.
- A chance to use something shared in sequence with others. · They took turns playing with the new toy.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule. · I cooked tonight, so it's your turn to do the dishes.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
Plural turns
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- turn about To reverse one's position; to turn round.
- turn around To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for...
- turn aside To avert one's gaze
- turn away To rotate so as not to face someone or something.
- turn back To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
- turn down To refuse, decline, or deny.
- turn in To submit something; to give.
- turn into To become.
- turn off Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, ...
- turn on To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap o...
- turn out To end up; to result.
- turn over To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
From the library
The Lion and the Bear saw him, but not being able to get up, said, “Woe be to us, that we should have fought and belabored ourselves only to serve the turn of a Fox.”
One of the Mice, peeping stealthily out, saw her and said, “Ah, my good madam, even though you should turn into a meal-bag, we will not come near you.”
All I can say is, that if it be so, ’tis an ill turn, and well deserves to bring double evil on those who have projected it.”
Those lazy fellows have not even swept the cobwebs away.” While he thus examined everything in turn, he spied the tips of the antlers of the Stag peeping out of the straw.
Other matches
- turn To move about an axis through itself. A1
- turn about To reverse one's position
- turn around To physically rotate
- turn aside To avert one's gaze
- turn away To rotate so as not to face someone or something.
- turn back To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
- turn down To refuse, decline, or deny.
- turn in To submit something
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