Definition of turn

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Turn (n.) A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat..

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Verticity :: Verticity (n.) The quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation.
Frill :: Frill (v. t.) To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap..
Revolution :: Revolution (n.) Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral..
Avail :: Avail (v. t.) To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment..
Unscrew :: Unscrew (v. t.) To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it..
Over :: Over (adv.) In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart..
Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein..
Hack :: Hack (v. i.) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..
Improve :: Improve (v. t.) To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means..
Retrousse :: Retrousse (a.) Turned up; -- said of a pug nose.
Rudder :: Rudder (n.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment..
Irreversible :: Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine..
Wend :: Wend (v. i.) To turn round.
Crapaudine :: Crapaudine (n.) Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door.
Derive :: Derive (v. t.) To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon..
Hemitrope :: Hemitrope (a.) Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.
Obvert :: Obvert (v. t.) To turn toward.
Run :: Run (a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body..
Round :: Round (adv.) Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round..
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