turn

b(1) : to cause to move around so as to effect a desired end (as of locking, opening, or shutting) turned the knob till the door opened

(2) : to affect or alter the functioning of (something, such as a mechanical device) or the level of (something, such as sound) by such movement turn the oven to 400° turn the music to full volume

2a(1) : to cause to change position by moving through an arc of a circle turned her chair to the fire

(2) : to cause to move around a center so as to show another side of turn the page

(3) : to cause (a scale) to move so as to register weight

3a : to reverse the sides or surfaces of : invert turn pancakes turn the shirt inside out : such as

(1) : to dig or plow so as to bring the lower soil to the surface turn the compost weekly

(2) : to make (a garment) over by reversing the material and resewing turn a collar

(3) : to invert (something, such as a character, rule, or slug) feet up and face down in setting type

5a(1) : to direct or point (something, such as the face) in a specified way or direction

(2) : to present by a change in direction or position turning his back to his guests

d(1) : to cause to rebound or recoil turns their argument against them

(2) : to make antagonistic : prejudice turn a child against its mother

e(1) : to cause to go in a particular direction turned our steps homeward

(2) : drive, send turn cows to pasture turning hunters off his land

(3) : to convey or direct out of an inverted receptacle turn the mixture into a baking dish

6a(1) : to make acid or sour

(2) : to change the color of (foliage)

b(1) : convert, transform turn defeat into victory

(2) : translate, paraphrase

b(1) : to become focused on something specified the conversation turned to baseball

(2) : to have as a decisive factor : hinge the argument turns on a point of logic the outcome of the game turned on an interception

(3) : to have a center (as of interest) in something specified the discussion turned on the overall worth of the project

b(1) : to reverse a course or direction the tide has turned

(2) : to have a reactive usually adverse effect

d(1) : to change one's religion

(2) : to go over to another side or party : defect

5a : to become changed, altered, or transformed the weather turned : such as

(1) : to change color the leaves have turned

(2) : to become sour, rancid, or tainted the milk had turned

(3) : to be variable or inconstant

(4) : to become mentally unbalanced : become deranged

(5) archaic : to become different

b(1) : to pass from one state to another : change water had turned to ice

(2) : become, grow his hair had turned gray the weather turned bad just turned twenty

(3) : to become someone or something specified by change from another state : change into turn pro doctors turned authors

(4) : to change by the passage of time days turned into weeks and months

2a : the action or an act of giving or taking a different direction : change of course or posture an illegal left turn : such as

(1) : a drill maneuver in which troops in mass formation change direction without preserving alignment

(2) : any of various shifts of direction in skiing

(3) : an interruption of a curve in figure skating

e(1) : an event in any gambling game after which bets are settled

(2) : the order of the last three cards in faro —used in the phrase call the turn

8 : something that revolves around a center: such as

a(1) : lathe

(2) : a catch or latch for a cupboard or cabinet door operated by turning a handle