turn

Meanings

Verb

• To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
• To complete.
• To make (money); turn a profit.
• Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
• To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
• To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
• To translate.
• To magically or divinely attack undead.

Noun

• A change of direction or orientation.
• A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
• A walk to and fro.
• A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
• A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
• One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
• A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
• The time required to complete a project.
• A fit or a period of giddiness.
• A change in temperament or circumstance.
• A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
• The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
• The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
• A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
• A single loop of a coil.
• A pass behind or through an object.
• Character; personality; nature.
• An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• A short skit, act, or routine.
• A type turned upside down to serve for another character that is not available.
• The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.

Related

Similar words

• rotate, spin, twirl
• rotate
• : steer, swerve, tack
• become, get, go
• rebel, revolt
• lathe
• go bad, go off, sour, spoil
• complete
• 360° turn, complete rotation, complete turn, full rotation, full turn
• loop
• : go
• : go, move
• dizziness, dizzy spell, giddiness
• change, swing

Origin

• From Middle English turnen, from Old English turnian, tyrnan and Old French torner, both from Latin tornāre, from tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-. Cognate with Old English þrāwan. Displaced native Old English wendan.
• Partly from Anglo-Norman, from Latin turnus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος, and partly an action noun from the verb turn.