Definition of turn

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Turn (n.) The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel..

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Ingratitude :: Ingratitude (n.) Want of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness..
Tour :: Tour (v. t.) A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies..
Obvert :: Obvert (v. t.) To turn toward.
Face :: Face (v. i.) To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left..
Saturnalian :: Saturnalian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saturnalia.
Jobber :: "Jobber (n.) One who turns official or public business to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office, politics, or intrigue..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return..
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact..
Versatile :: Versatile (a.) Capable of being turned round.
Revenge :: Revenge (v. t.) To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer..
Verticle :: Verticle (n.) An axis; hinge; a turning point.
Refractive :: Refractive (a.) Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers..
Turntable :: Turntable (n.) A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate..
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain..
Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole..
Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast..
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc..
Key :: Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane..
Skirlcrake :: Skirlcrake (n.) The turnstone.
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