Definition of turn

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Turn (v. i.) To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well..

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Answer :: Answer (n.) Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action..
Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend..
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift..
Turnwrest :: Turnwrest (n.) designating a kind of hillside plow.
Anagram :: Anagram (n.) Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law..
Abominate :: Abominate (v. t.) To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety..
Equipage :: Equipage (n.) A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out..
Capsize :: Capsize (v. t. & i.) To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body..
Gardant :: Gardant (a.) Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast..
Crinkle :: Crinkle (n.) A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.
Annual :: Annual (n.) A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
Arbor :: Arbor (n.) A mandrel in lathe turning.
Bias :: Bias (n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line..
Turnstile :: Turnstile (n.) A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like..
Round :: Round (v. i.) To go or turn round; to wheel about.
Prove :: Prove (v. i.) To succeed; to turn out as expected.
Encash :: Encash (v. t.) To turn into cash; to cash.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Turning :: Turning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tur.
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..
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