Main Entry: turn off

Function: verb

Date: 1564

transitive verb

1 a : dismiss, discharge b : to dispose of : sell
2 : deflect, evade
3 : produce, accomplish
4 : to stop the flow of or shut off by or as if by turning a control <turn the water off>
5 : hang 1b
6 a : to remove (material) by the process of turning b : to shape or produce by turning
7 : to cause to lose interest : bore <economics turns me off>; also : to evoke a negative feeling inintransitive verb 1 : to deviate from a straight course or from a main road <turn off into a side road>
2 a British : to turn bad : spoil b : to change to a specified state : become
3 : to lose interest : withdraw