Definition of turn

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Turn (v. t.) 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..

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Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting..
Vertex :: Vertex (n.) A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex.
Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel..
Plough :: Plough (v. i.) To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything..
Torsion :: Torsion (n.) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility..
Chapel :: Chapel (v. t.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing..
Return :: Return (v. i.) To revert; to pass back into possession.
Reply :: Reply (v. i.) To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
Return :: Return (v. t.) To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ..
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted..
Moth :: Moth (n.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth..
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change..
Overturner :: Overturner (n.) One who overturns.
Fox :: Fox (v. i.) To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting..
Turnover :: Turnover (a.) Admitting of being turned over; made to be turned over; as, a turnover collar, etc..
Blench :: Blench (v. t.) To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed..
Volley :: Volley (v. i.) To return the ball before it touches the ground.
Journal :: "Journal (a.) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box..
Galilee :: Galilee (n.) A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals..
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