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Definition of turn

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Turn (v. t.) 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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Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle..

Quarterpace :: Quarterpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.

Antistrophe :: Antistrophe (n.) The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

Drillstock :: Drillstock (n.) A contrivance for holding and turning a drill.

Return :: Return (n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary..

Strainable :: Strain (n.) Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain.

Rich :: Rich (superl.) Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine..

Ssociable :: SSociable (a.) Ready to converse; inclined to talk with others; not taciturn or reserved.

Conglaciate :: Conglaciate (v. t. & i.) To turn to ice; to freeze.

Eversion :: Eversion (n.) The state of being turned back or outward; as, eversion of eyelids; ectropium..

Loop :: Loop (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller..

Whirligig :: Whirligig (n.) A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity..

Reverse :: Reverse (v. i.) To return; to revert.

Issue :: Issue (v. i.) To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue..

North :: North (v. i.) To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.

Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another..

Dextrorotatory :: Dextrorotatory (a.) Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory..

Jupiter :: "Jupiter (n.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus..

Inconverted :: Inconverted (a.) Not turned or changed about.