Definition of turn

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Turn (v. i.) 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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Peritoneum :: Peritoneum (n.) The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and, turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearly closed, sac..
Versify :: Versify (v. t.) To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms..
Ritornello :: Ritornello (n.) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song..
Regress :: Regress (v. i.) To go back; to return to a former place or state.
Turn :: Turn (n.) Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn..
Equal :: Equal (v. t.) To make equal return to; to recompense fully.
Antistrophe :: Antistrophe (n.) In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song..
Transvert :: Transvert (v. t.) To cause to turn across; to transverse.
Seal :: Seal (n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To cause to return; to recall.
Owe :: Owe (v.) Hence: To have or be under an obigation to restore, pay, or render (something) in return or compensation for something received; to be indebted in the sum of; as, the subject owes allegiance; the fortunate owe assistance to the unfortunate..
Dechristianize :: Dechristianize (v. t.) To turn from, or divest of, Christianity..
Repair :: Repair (v. i.) To return.
Wabble :: Wabble (v. i.) To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles..
Check :: Check (v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds..
Flexure :: Flexure (n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Weatherbit :: Weatherbit (v. t.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass..
Quail :: Quail (n.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix..
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