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Definition of turn

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Turn (v. t.) To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something..

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Wheeler :: Wheeler (n.) One who wheels, or turns..

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch..

Plough :: Plough (v. i.) To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything..

Mandrel :: Mandrel (n.) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.

Whim :: Whim (n.) A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.

Disoccident :: Disoccident (v. t.) To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude.

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..

Toboggan :: Toboggan (n.) A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow..

Nocturne :: Nocturne (n.) A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's Midsummer-Night's Dream music..

Resound :: Resound (v. t.) To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate..

Noria :: Noria (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel..

Center :: Center (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe..

Compensate :: Compensate (v. t.) To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses..

Invertible :: Invertible (a.) Capable of being inverted or turned.

Capsize :: Capsize (n.) An upset or overturn.

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane..

Pervert :: Pervert (v. t.) To turnanother way; to divert.

Give :: Give (n.) To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow..

Nocturn :: Nocturn (n.) One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service..

Gratuity :: Gratuity (n.) Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment..