turn

1. verb

1)

the wheels were still turning

Syn:

go around, revolve, rotate, spin, roll, circle, wheel, whirl, twirl, gyrate, swivel, pivot

2)

I turned and headed back

Syn:

change direction, change course, make a U-turn, about-face, turn around/about; informal pull a U-ey, do a one-eighty

3)

the car turned the corner

Syn:

go around, round, negotiate, take

4)

the path turned to right and left

Syn:

bend, curve, wind, veer, twist, meander, snake, zigzag

5)

he turned his gun on Lenny

Syn:

aim at, point at, level at, direct at, train on

6)

he turned his ankle

Syn:

sprain, twist, wrench; hurt

7)

their honeymoon turned into a nightmare

Syn:

become, develop into, turn out to be; be transformed into, metamorphose into, descend into, grow into

8)

Emma turned red

Syn:

become, go, grow, get

9)

he turned the house into apartments

Syn:

convert, change, transform, make; adapt, modify, rebuild, reconstruct

10)

I've just turned forty

Syn:

reach, get to, become, hit

11)

she turned to politics

Syn:

take up, become involved in, go into, enter, undertake

12)

we can now turn to another topic

Syn:

move on to, go on to, proceed to, consider, attend to, address; take up, switch to

2. noun

1)

a turn of the wheel

Syn:

rotation, revolution, spin, whirl, gyration, swivel

2)

a turn to the left

Syn:

change of direction, veer, divergence

3)

we're approaching the turn

Syn:

bend, corner, turning, turnoff, junction, crossroads

4)

you'll get your turn in a minute

Syn:

opportunity, chance, say; stint, time; try; informal go, shot, stab, crack

5)

she did me some good turns

Syn:

service, deed, act; favor, kindness

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- at every turn

- in turn

- take a turn for the better

- take a turn for the worse

- turn against

- turn away

- turn back

- turn down

- turn in

- turn of events

- turn of phrase

- turn off

- turn on

- turn on to

- turn out

- turn over

- turn someone's stomach

- turn to

- turn up