Definition of turn

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Turn (n.) Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide..

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Debased :: Debased (a.) Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.
Equal :: Equal (v. t.) To make equal return to; to recompense fully.
Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell..
Retaliate :: Retaliate (v. t.) To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve..
Ebb :: Ebb (v. i.) To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow..
Rabato :: Rabato (n.) A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free..
Saturn :: Saturn (n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time..
Turning :: Turning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tur.
Onappo :: Onappo (n.) A nocturnal South American monkey (Callithrix discolor), noted for its agility; -- called also ventriloquist monkey..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon..
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like..
Flop :: Flop (v. t.) To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat..
Grace :: Grace (n.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc..
Disorientate :: Disorientate (v. t.) To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the truth..
Cancelier :: Cancelier (v. i.) To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk.
Fyke :: Fyke (n.) A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net..
Resound :: Resound (v. t.) To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate..
Crinkled :: Crinkled (a.) Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag..
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