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turn

English

  1. 🔊 taking a short walk out and back
    “we took a turn in the park”
  2. 🔊 the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
    “he made an abrupt turn away from her”
  3. 🔊 the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
    “he took a turn to the right”
  4. 🔊 (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
    “it is my turn”
  5. 🔊 a favor for someone
    “he did me a good turn”
  6. 🔊 an unforeseen development
    “events suddenly took an awkward turn”
  7. 🔊 (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
  8. 🔊 turning or twisting around (in place)
    “with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room”
  9. 🔊 a movement in a new direction
    “the turning of the wind”
  10. 🔊 a short performance that is part of a longer program
    “he did his act three times every evening”
  11. 🔊 a circular segment of a curve
    “a bend in the road”
  12. 🔊 a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
    “it's my go”
  13. 🔊 pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute
    “The weather turned nasty”
  14. 🔊 become officially one year older
    “She is turning 50 this year”
  15. 🔊 change color
    “In Vermont, the leaves turn early”
  16. 🔊 direct at someone
    “She turned a smile on me”
  17. 🔊 alter the functioning or setting of
    “turn the dial to 10”
  18. 🔊 let (something) fall or spill from a container
    “turn the flour onto a plate”
  19. 🔊 shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
    “turn the legs of the table”
  20. 🔊 change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
    “Turn towards me”
  21. 🔊 pass to the other side of
    “turn the corner”
  22. 🔊 channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
    “The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction”
  23. 🔊 to send or let go
    “They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion”
  24. 🔊 cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
    “turn a page of a book”
  25. 🔊 cause to move around or rotate
    “turn a key”
  26. 🔊 cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
    “turn your face to the wall”
  27. 🔊 move around an axis or a center
    “The wheels are turning”
  28. 🔊 get by buying and selling
    “the company turned a good profit after a year”
  29. 🔊 accomplish by rotating
    “turn a somersault”
  30. 🔊 cause to change or turn into something different
    “The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him”
  31. 🔊 change to the contrary
    “The trend was reversed”
  32. 🔊 undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
    “We turned from Socialism to Capitalism”
  33. 🔊 go sour or spoil
    “The milk has soured”
  34. 🔊 have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
    “She called on her Representative to help her”
  35. 🔊 undergo a change or development
    “The water turned into ice”
  36. 🔊 to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
    “Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week”
  37. 🔊 twist suddenly so as to sprain
    “wrench one's ankle”
  38. 🔊 cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
    “bend the rod”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 volteo turn
  2. 🔊 vuelta turn
  3. 🔊 convertir to turn
  4. 🔊 voltear to turn
  5. 🔊 volver to turn
  6. 🔊 giro turn, spin
  7. 🔊 girar to turn, pivot
  8. 🔊 pasada turn, run, instance
  9. 🔊 dar vuelta to turn, turn around
  10. 🔊 poner to turn, to turn on (e.g. to turn the other cheek, turn on music, to turn upside-down)

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