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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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Resound :: Resound (n.) Return of sound; echo.

Sinuate :: Sinuate (v. i.) To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous.

Reach :: Reach (n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land..

Pale :: Pale (v. i.) To turn pale; to lose color or luster.

Orientate :: Orientate (v. t.) To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward..

Return :: Return (v. i.) To go back in thought, narration, or argument..

Turn :: 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..

Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..

Askance :: Askance (v. t.) To turn aside.

Retaliation :: Retaliation (n.) The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth..

Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..

Onappo :: Onappo (n.) A nocturnal South American monkey (Callithrix discolor), noted for its agility; -- called also ventriloquist monkey..

Backwater :: Backwater (n.) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer..

Grilse :: Grilse (n.) A young salmon after its first return from the sea.

Saving :: Saving (a.) Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage..

Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response..

Refluent :: Refluent (a.) Flowing back; returning; ebbing.

Return :: Return (n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary..

Drumhead :: Drumhead (n.) The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See Illust. of Capstan.

Turn :: Turn (n.) Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time..