| Sea turn |
A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea. |
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| Turn |
To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head. |
v. t. |
| Turn |
To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat. |
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| Turn |
To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something. |
v. t. |
| Turn |
To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote. |
v. t. |
| Turn |
To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like. |
v. t. |
| Turn |
To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal. |
v. t. |
| Turn |
Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt. |
v. t. |
| Turn |
To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad. |
v. t. |
| Turn |
To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly. |
v. t. |
| Turn |
To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach. |
v. t. |
| Turn |
To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel. |
v. i. |
| Turn |
Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact. |
v. i. |
| Turn |
To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue. |
v. i. |
| Turn |
To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road. |
v. i. |
| Turn |
To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan. |
v. i. |
| Turn |
To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well. |
v. i. |
| Turn |
To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc. |
v. i. |
| Turn |
To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain. |
v. i. |
| Turn |
To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach. |
v. i. |