Turn vs. Alter
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(heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.
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(intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
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(transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
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(intransitive) to change one's direction of travel.
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to change the course of.
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(transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
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(by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
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(transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
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To navigate through a book or other printed material.
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Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
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Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
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To change condition or attitude.
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(copulative) To become begin to be.
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To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
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To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
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To reach a certain age.
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To hinge; to depend.
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To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
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To change personal condition.
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To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
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To complete.
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(transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
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Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
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To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
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(obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
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To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
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(archaic) To translate.
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To magically or divinely attack undead.
Turnnoun
A change of direction or orientation.
Turnnoun
A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
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(geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
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A single loop of a coil.
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A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
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The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
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One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
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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.
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(also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
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A fit or a period of giddiness.
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A change in temperament or circumstance.
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(cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
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(poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
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The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
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A deed done to another.
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(rope) A pass behind or through an object.
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Character; personality; nature.
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(soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
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A short skit, act, or routine.
Turnverb
To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.
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To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat.
Turnverb
To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; - used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something.
Turnverb
To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote.
Turnverb
To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; - often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like.
Turnverb
To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
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Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt.
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To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
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To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
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To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass around by turning; as, to turn a corner.
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To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.
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To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel.
Turnverb
Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
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To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.
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To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.
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To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Muslim.
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To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.
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To become acid; to sour; - said of milk, ale, etc.
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To become giddy; - said of the head or brain.
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To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
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To be nauseated; - said of the stomach.
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To become inclined in the other direction; - said of scales.
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To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; - said of the tide.
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To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
Turnnoun
The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.
Turnnoun
Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide.
Turnnoun
One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander.
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A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll.
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Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time.
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Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.
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Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn.
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Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; - used in a literal or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation.
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A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn.
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A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; - so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.
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A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.
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A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
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A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county.
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Monthly courses; menses.
Turnnoun
An embellishment or grace (marked thus, ), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus , or drawn thus .
Turnnoun
a circular segment of a curve;
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the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course;
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the activity of doing something in an agreed succession;
Turnnoun
an unforeseen development;
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a movement in a new direction;
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turning away or in the opposite direction;
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turning or twisting around (in place);
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a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);
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(sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
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a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program;
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a favor for someone;
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taking a short walk out and back;
Turnverb
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense;
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undergo a change or development;
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undergo a transformation or a change of position or action;
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cause to move around or rotate;
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pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;
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to send or let go;
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pass to the other side of;
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move around an axis or a center;
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cause to move around a center so as to show another side of;
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change to the contrary;
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to break and turn over earth especially with a plow;
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change color;
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cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics;
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let (something) fall or spill a container;
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twist suddenly so as to sprain;
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shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel;
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go sour or spoil;
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accomplish by rotating;
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get by buying and selling;
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cause to move along an axis or into a new direction;
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channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something;
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cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;
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alter the functioning or setting of;
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direct at someone;
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have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to;
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become officially one year older;
Alterverb
(transitive) To change the form or structure of.
Alterverb
(intransitive) To become different.
Alterverb
(transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
Alterverb
(transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
Alterverb
(transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
Alternoun
One of the identities or personalities of a person with multiple personality disorder / dissociative identity disorder.
Alterverb
To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
Alterverb
To agitate; to affect mentally.
Alterverb
To geld.
Alterverb
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
Alterverb
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation;
Alterverb
make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence;
Alterverb
make an alteration to;
Alterverb
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
Alterverb
remove the ovaries of;
Alterverb
change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way
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make structural changes to (a building)
Alterverb
castrate or spay (a domestic animal).
