Definition of turn

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Turn (v. t.) 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..

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Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Reaccess :: Reaccess (n.) A second access or approach; a return.
Round :: Round (n.) A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated..
Querl :: Querl (v. t.) To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope..
Good :: Good (v. t.) To make good; to turn to good.
Levorotatory :: Levorotatory (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc..
Issue :: Issue (v. i.) To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue..
Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building..
Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve..
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) 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..
Veer :: Veer (v. i.) To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north..
Gee :: Gee (v. i.) To turn to the off side, or from the driver (i.e., in the United States, to the right side); -- said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with off, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi..
Face :: Face (v. t.) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface..
Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type..
Mutuary :: Mutuary (n.) One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
Peach :: Peach (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.
Rotated :: Rotated (a.) Turned round, as a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate..
Heterodactylous :: Heterodactylous (a.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons..
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