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TURN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Taking a short walk out and back
Example:
we took a turn in the park
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("turn" is a kind of...):
walk (the act of walking somewhere)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Turning or twisting around (in place)
Example:
with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room
Synonyms:
turn; twist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("turn" is a kind of...):
rotary motion; rotation (the act of rotating as if on an axis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turn"):
twiddle (a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns)
Derivation:
turn (cause to move around or rotate)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act of turning away or in the opposite direction
Example:
he made an abrupt turn away from her
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("turn" is a kind of...):
change of direction; reorientation (the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented)
Derivation:
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
Example:
he took a turn to the right
Synonyms:
turn; turning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("turn" is a kind of...):
change of course (a change in the direction that you are moving)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turn"):
deflection; deflexion; deviation; digression; divagation; diversion (a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern))
right (a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east)
left (a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east)
kick turn (a standing turn made in skiing; one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first)
stem; stem turn (a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it)
telemark (a turn made in skiing; the outside ski is placed ahead and turned gradually inwards)
swerve; swerving; veering (the act of turning aside suddenly)
three-point turn (the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs)
version (manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery))
Derivation:
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
Example:
it is still my play
Synonyms:
play; turn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("turn" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Domain category:
game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turn"):
move ((game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game)
start; starting (a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning))
innings (the batting turn of a cricket player or team)
attack (an offensive move in a sport or game)
down ((American football) a complete play to advance the football)
at-bat; bat ((baseball) a turn trying to get a hit)
lead (the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge)
ruff; trumping ((card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit)
trick ((card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A favor for someone
Example:
he did me a good turn
Synonyms:
good turn; turn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("turn" is a kind of...):
favor; favour (an act of gracious kindness)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A short performance that is part of a longer program
Example:
it was one of the best numbers he ever did
Synonyms:
act; bit; number; routine; turn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("turn" is a kind of...):
performance; public presentation (a dramatic or musical entertainment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turn"):
show-stopper; showstopper; stopper (an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A movement in a new direction
Example:
the turning of the wind
Synonyms:
turn; turning
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("turn" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turn"):
reversal; turn around (turning in an opposite direction or position)
swerve; yaw (an erratic deflection from an intended course)
gyration; revolution; rotation (a single complete turn (axial or orbital))
coming back; return (the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction)
volution (a rolling or revolving motion)
Derivation:
turn (change to the contrary)
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
turn (pass to the other side of)
turn (cause to move around or rotate)
Sense 9
Meaning:
An unforeseen development
Example:
events suddenly took an awkward turn
Synonyms:
turn; turn of events; twist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("turn" is a kind of...):
development (a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation)
Derivation:
turn (undergo a change or development)
turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
turn (pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A circular segment of a curve
Example:
a crook in the path
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("turn" is a kind of...):
curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turn"):
bight (a bend or curve (especially in a coastline))
Sense 11
Meaning:
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("turn" is a kind of...):
division; part; section (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turn"):
top; top of the inning (the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat)
bottom; bottom of the inning (the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat)
Holonyms ("turn" is a part of...):
period of play; play; playing period ((in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds)
Sense 12
Meaning:
A time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
Example:
a spell of work
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("turn" is a kind of...):
duty period; shift; work shift (the time period during which you are at work)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they turn ... he / she / it turns
Past simple: turned
Past participle: turned
-ing form: turning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Twist suddenly so as to sprain
Example:
I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days
Synonyms:
rick; sprain; turn; twist; wrench; wrick
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he turn his foot?
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
Example:
She grew angry
Synonyms:
grow; turn
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
bald (grow bald; lose hair on one's head)
turn (change color)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Sentence example:
John will turn angry
Derivation:
turn (an unforeseen development)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Change to the contrary
Example:
public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern
Synonyms:
change by reversal; reverse; turn
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
alternate; flip; flip-flop; interchange; switch; tack (reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action))
turn the tables; turn the tide (cause a complete reversal of the circumstances)
commutate (reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current)
exchange; switch; switch over (change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence)
correct; rectify; right (make right or correct)
falsify (falsify knowingly)
commute; permute; transpose (change the order or arrangement of)
metamorphose; transfigure; transmogrify (change completely the nature or appearance of)
regress; retrovert; return; revert; turn back (go back to a previous state)
desynchronise; desynchronize (cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times)
deconsecrate; desecrate; unhallow (remove the consecration from a person or an object)
undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Also:
turn off (cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch)
turn on (cause to operate by flipping a switch)
Derivation:
turn (a movement in a new direction)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Example:
The people turned against the President when he stole the election
Synonyms:
change state; turn
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
grow; turn (pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become)
become; turn (undergo a change or development)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
arouse; awake; awaken; come alive; wake; wake up; waken (stop sleeping)
black out; pass out; zonk out (lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example)
come to; resuscitate; revive (return to consciousness)
tense; tense up (become tense, nervous, or uneasy)
decompress; loosen up; relax; slow down; unbend; unwind (become less tense, rest, or take one's ease)
melt off; reduce; slenderize; slim; slim down; thin (take off weight)
gain; put on (increase (one's body weight))
apparel; clothe; dress; enclothe; fit out; garb; garment; habilitate; raiment; tog (provide with clothes or put clothes on)
cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize (undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile)
conceive (become pregnant; undergo conception)
secularise; secularize (make secular and draw away from a religious orientation)
citrate (cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid)
equilibrate (bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium)
fall (pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind)
become; get; go (enter or assume a certain state or condition)
ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)
disengage (become free)
overgrow (become overgrown)
concentrate (make denser, stronger, or purer)
break (crack; of the male voice in puberty)
acetify; acidify (turn acidic)
alkalify; alkalise; alkalize; basify (turn basic and less acidic)
ionise; ionize (convert into ions)
ossify (become bony)
catalyse; catalyze (change by catalysis or cause to catalyze)
get worse; relapse (deteriorate in health)
fluctuate (be unstable)
break loose; burst forth; explode (be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise)
buy the farm; cash in one's chips; choke; conk; croak; decease; die; drop dead; exit; expire; give-up the ghost; go; kick the bucket; pass; pass away; perish; pop off; snuff it (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
be born (come into existence through birth)
cloud over (become overcast)
carbonise; carbonize (turn into carbon, as by burning)
chill; cool; cool down (loose heat)
heat; heat up; hot up (gain heat or get hot)
carbonise; carbonize; carburise; carburize (unite with carbon)
freeze (change to ice)
boil (come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor)
burn; combust (undergo combustion)
emaciate (grow weak and thin or waste away physically)
Frenchify (become French in appearance or character)
thin (lose thickness; become thin or thinner)
inspissate; thicken (become thick or thicker)
solvate (undergo solvation or convert into a solvate)
react (undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions)
dissolve; fade away; fade out (become weaker)
discharge; empty (become empty or void of its content)
homogenise; homogenize (become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing)
homogenise; homogenize (break up the fat globules of)
clabber; clot; curdle (turn into curds)
clot; coagulate (change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state)
ferment; sour; turn; work (go sour or spoil)
integrate (become one; become integrated)
precipitate (separate as a fine suspension of solid particles)
calcify (turn into lime; become calcified)
coke (become coke)
carnify (become muscular or fleshy)
chondrify (turn into cartilage)
emulsify (form into or become an emulsion)
denitrify (remove nitrogen from)
esterify (change (a compound) into an ester)
etherify (change into an ether)
thrombose (become blocked by a thrombus)
sorb; take up (take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption)
calm; calm down; chill out; cool it; cool off; settle down; simmer down (become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation)
flourish; fly high; prosper; thrive (make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance)
emancipate; liberate (give equal rights to; of women and minorities)
get into; tangle with (get involved in or with)
liquefy (become liquid)
catch fire; combust; conflagrate; erupt; ignite; take fire (start to burn or burst into flames)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Also:
turn around (improve significantly; go from bad to good)
turn off (cause to feel intense dislike or distaste)
Derivation:
turning (act of changing in practice or custom)
turn (an unforeseen development)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Become officially one year older
Example:
She is turning 50 this year
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
age; get on; maturate; mature; senesce (grow old or older)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 6
Meaning:
Change color
Example:
In Vermont, the leaves turn early
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
grow; turn (pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become)
color; colour; discolor; discolour (change color, often in an undesired manner)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 7
Meaning:
Go sour or spoil
Example:
The cream has turned--we have to throw it out
Synonyms:
ferment; sour; turn; work
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Verb group:
ferment; work (cause to undergo fermentation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 8
Meaning:
Have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
Example:
She turned to her relatives for help
Synonyms:
call on; turn
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
appeal; invoke (request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sense 9
Meaning:
Direct at someone
Example:
They turned their flashlights on the car
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
aim; direct; take; take aim; train (point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 10
Meaning:
Alter the functioning or setting of
Example:
turn the heat down
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
control; operate (handle and cause to function)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 11
Meaning:
Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
Example:
the strong man could turn an iron bar
Synonyms:
bend; deform; flex; turn; twist
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
dent; indent (make a depression into)
incurvate (cause to curve inward)
gnarl (twist into a state of deformity)
crank (bend into the shape of a crank)
convolute; convolve (curl, wind, or twist together)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 12
Meaning:
Let (something) fall or spill from a container
Example:
turn the flour onto a plate
Synonyms:
release; turn
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport (send from one person or place to another)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
deflate (release contained air or gas from)
throw (throw (a die) out onto a flat surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 13
Meaning:
Shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
Example:
turn the clay on the wheel
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
form; shape (give shape or form to)
Verb group:
turn (accomplish by rotating)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The girls turn the wooden sticks
Derivation:
turner (a lathe operator)
turnery (products made on a lathe)
turnery (workshop where objects are made on a lathe)
Sense 14
Meaning:
To break and turn over earth especially with a plow
Example:
turn the earth in the Spring
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
till (work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation)
"Turn" entails doing...:
cut into; delve; dig; turn over (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
ridge (plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip)
disk; harrow (draw a harrow over (land))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sense 15
Meaning:
Change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
Example:
She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Verb group:
turn (cause to move around or rotate)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
twist (turn in the opposite direction)
flip; flip over; turn over (turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse)
turn on a dime (have a small turning radius)
roll; turn over (move by turning over or rotating)
roll over (make a rolling motion or turn)
swing about; swing around; turn around (turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically)
flip; toss (lightly throw to see which side comes up)
port (turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship)
face (turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction)
turn off (make a turn)
turn away (move so as not face somebody or something)
gee (turn to the right side)
about-face (turn, usually 180 degrees)
caracole (make a half turn on a horse, in dressage)
corner (turn a corner)
overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over (turn from an upright or normal position)
bend (change direction)
curve; cut; sheer; slew; slue; swerve; trend; veer (turn sharply; change direction abruptly)
deflect (turn aside and away from an initial or intended course)
bend; deflect; turn away (turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest)
avert; turn away (turn away or aside)
rotate; splay; spread out; turn out (turn outward)
circumvolve; rotate (cause to turn on an axis or center)
pivot; swivel (turn on a pivot)
coil; gyrate; spiral (to wind or move in a spiral course)
corkscrew; spiral (move in a spiral or zigzag course)
deviate; divert (turn aside; turn away from)
pronate (turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
They turn the car down the avenue
Also:
turn to (speak to)
turn back (retrace one's course)
turn away (turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest)
Derivation:
turn (a movement in a new direction)
turn (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course)
turn (the act of turning away or in the opposite direction)
turning (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course)
turning (a movement in a new direction)
Sense 16
Meaning:
Pass to the other side of
Example:
move around the obstacle
Synonyms:
move around; turn
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
turn (a movement in a new direction)
Sense 17
Meaning:
Channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
Example:
people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
direct; send (cause to go somewhere)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
take up (turn one's interest to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 18
Meaning:
To send or let go
Example:
They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
direct; send (cause to go somewhere)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 19
Meaning:
Cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
Example:
turn a page of a book
Synonyms:
turn; turn over
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
evert (turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward)
leaf (turn over pages)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They turn the coin
Derivation:
turner (cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food)
Sense 20
Meaning:
Cause to move around or rotate
Example:
turn your palm this way
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Verb group:
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
turn (cause to move along an axis or into a new direction)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
reorient (cause to turn)
supinate (turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg))
port (put or turn on the left side, of a ship)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
turn (turning or twisting around (in place))
turn (a movement in a new direction)
Sense 21
Meaning:
Cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
Example:
turn your dance partner around
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Verb group:
turn (cause to move around or rotate)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
bring about (cause to move into the opposite direction)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 22
Meaning:
Move around an axis or a center
Example:
The wheels are turning
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
go around; revolve; rotate (turn on or around an axis or a center)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sense 23
Meaning:
Get by buying and selling
Example:
the company turned a good profit after a year
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 24
Meaning:
Accomplish by rotating
Example:
turn cartwheels
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
do; perform (get (something) done)
Verb group:
turn (shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
turner (a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein)
Sense 25
Meaning:
Undergo a change or development
Example:
He turned traitor
Synonyms:
become; turn
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
metamorphose; transform; transmute (change in outward structure or looks)
Verb group:
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
turn (cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn"):
boil down; come down; reduce (be the essential element)
choke; suffocate (become stultified, suppressed, or stifled)
nucleate (form into a nucleus)
add up; amount; come (develop into)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
turn (an unforeseen development)
Sense 26
Meaning:
Cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
Example:
The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "turn" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
become; turn (undergo a change or development)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Context examples:
Isabella turned to Mrs. Weston for her approbation of the plan.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
She watched them till they had turned the corner, and listened till all sound of them had ceased.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
In turn, GM-CSF may stimulate the immune system to attack tumor cells by enhancing the activation of dendritic cells (DCs) and promoting antigen presentation to both B- and T-lymphocytes.
(Autologous GM-CSF-Secreting Lethally Irradiated Leukemia Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
He replied, without turning round, that they had all flown away.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
"She never did so before," at last said Bessie, turning to the Abigail.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Yet was the bear not inclined to fight, for he turned away and made off slowly over the ice.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
My heart had turned to lead.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was indeed no longer the profile, but the back, which was turned towards us.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And with that, this brave fellow turned his back directly on the cook and set off walking for the beach.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He turned as I drew my chair up to him.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
