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1 a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure

would you care to take a turn around the garden?

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2 an act of kind assistance

one good turn deserves another

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3 a habitual attraction to some activity or thing

an adventurous turn of mind that led him toward more physical activities like biking and skateboarding

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4 something that curves or is curved

right after this turn in the road you'll find the antiques shop on the right

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kink,
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5 a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder

a sudden turn of dizziness that may have been brought on by a change in her medication

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6 a performance regularly presented by an individual or group

between the show's two major musical acts, there was a short turn by a juggling troupe

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1 to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis

turned the doorknob as quietly as possible

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twiddle

circulate

2 to change the course or direction of (something)

the dog turned the stampeding flock of sheep around

he turned his cart uphill

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3 to change one's course or direction

we turned left at the light

the storm unexpectedly turned south and missed our area

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tack,
zigzag

4 to eventually have as a state or quality

will turn 12 in six months

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5 to move in circles around an axis or center

the wheels turned, but the car was hopelessly stuck and wasn't moving

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pivot,
swivel

6 to give serious and careful thought to

turned the question every which way but could find no answer

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7 to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)

what we do next turns on your answer to the following question

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ground

8 to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around

all the new information made his head turn

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swirl

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calm,
collect

9 to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge

he did his best to turn his new friends against his ex-wife

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“Turn.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn. Accessed 20 January 2020.

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