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TURN OVER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Think about carefully; weigh
Example:
Turn the proposal over in your mind
Synonyms:
consider; debate; deliberate; moot; turn over
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):
discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)
Verb group:
consider; study (give careful consideration to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn over"):
see (deliberate or decide)
premeditate (consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand)
debate (argue with one another)
wrestle (engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate)
think twice (consider and reconsider carefully)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Sense 2
Meaning:
Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
Example:
turn over the pancakes
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
turnover (a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Turn up, loosen, or remove earth
Example:
turn over the soil for aeration
Synonyms:
cut into; delve; dig; turn over
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn over"):
furrow; groove; rut (hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove)
root; rootle; rout (dig with the snout)
spade (dig (up) with a spade)
shovel (dig with or as if with a shovel)
trowel (use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work)
burrow; tunnel (move through by or as by digging)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
Meaning:
Move by turning over or rotating
Example:
turn over on your left side
Synonyms:
roll; turn over
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Verb group:
revolve; roll (cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn over"):
rim (roll around the rim of)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sense 5
Meaning:
Turn from an upright or normal position
Example:
The canoe tumped over
Synonyms:
overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Verb group:
bowl over; knock over; overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over; upset (cause to overturn from an upright or normal position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn over"):
capsize; turn turtle; turtle (overturn accidentally)
upend (become turned or set on end)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
turnover (the act of upsetting something)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
Example:
he tumped over his beer
Synonyms:
bowl over; knock over; overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over; upset
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "turn over" 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)
Cause:
overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over (turn from an upright or normal position)
Verb group:
overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over (turn from an upright or normal position)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
These cars won't turn over
Derivation:
turnover (the act of upsetting something)
Sense 7
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 over" 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 over"):
evert (turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward)
leaf (turn over pages)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They turn over the coin
Sense 8
Meaning:
Place into the hands or custody of
Example:
He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers
Synonyms:
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):
transfer (cause to change ownership)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn over"):
give (leave with; give temporarily)
slip; sneak (pass on stealthily)
deal (give (a specific card) to a player)
deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in (to surrender someone or something to another)
free; give up; release; relinquish; resign (part with a possession or right)
commit; confide; entrust; intrust; trust (confer a trust upon)
entrust; leave (put into the care or protection of someone)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 9
Meaning:
Do business worth a certain amount of money
Example:
The company turns over ten million dollars a year
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):
transact (conduct business)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
turnover (the volume measured in dollars)
