Definition of turn

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Turn (v. i.) 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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Lock :: Lock (n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
Quotidian :: Quotidian (a.) Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever..
Perversed :: Perversed (a.) Turned aside.
Reviction :: Reviction (n.) Return to life.
Return :: Return (v. t.) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club..
Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter..
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
Epigram :: Epigram (n.) A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character..
Homing :: Homing (a.) Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock..
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..
Bitter :: Bitter (n.) AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.
Cric :: Cric (n.) The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp.
Languet :: Languet (n.) Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth..
Whammel :: Whammel (v. t.) To turn over.
Retroflexed :: Retroflexed (a.) Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.
Meditation :: Meditation (n.) The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing.
Subangular :: Subalternation (n.) The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.
Axis :: Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon..
Respective :: Respective (a.) Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode..
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