English Dictionary

turn

/tɜːn/

verb

(intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. / (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.

The car turned the corner.

意味（1）

(intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.

the Earth turns; turn on the spot

意味（2）

(transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.

Turn the knob clockwise.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.

She turned right at the corner.

意味（4）

(transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.

She turned the table legs with care and precision.

意味（5）

(by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.

[…]the Poets pen turnes them to ſhapes,[…]

意味（6）

(transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.

turn the bed covers; turn the pages

意味（7）

(transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.

turn to page twenty; turn through the book

意味（8）

(transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

意味（9）

(intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

意味（10）

(copulative) To become (begin to be).

The leaves turn brown in autumn. When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty.

意味（11）

(intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.

The hillside behind our house isn't generally much to look at, but once all the trees turn it's gorgeous.

意味（12）

To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.

Midas made everything turn to gold. He turned into a monster every full moon.

意味（13）

To reach a certain age.

Charlie turns six on September 29.

意味（14）

To hinge; to depend.

The decision turns on a single fact.

意味（15）

To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.

The prisoners turned on the warden.

意味（16）

To change personal condition.

意味（17）

(obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.

And they made a calfe in thoſe dayes / and offered ſacrifice vnto the ymage / and reioyſed in the workes of theyr awne hondes. / Then God turned hym ſilfe / and gave them vp /[…]

意味（18）

(transitive, usually with over) To complete.

They say they can turn the parts in two days.

意味（19）

(transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.

We turned a pretty penny with that little scheme.

意味（20）

(transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

Liverpool introduced Carroll for Spearing and were rewarded after 64 minutes when he put them back in contention. Stewart Downing blocked Jose Bosingwa's attempted clearance, which fell into the path of Carroll. He turned John Terry superbly before firing high past Cech.

意味（21）

To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.

Ivory turns well.

意味（22）

(obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

意味（23）

(printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

意味（24）

(archaic) To translate.

to turn the Iliad

意味（25）

(transitive, role-playing games) To magically or divinely attack undead.