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Turn-out	The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.	n.

Turn-out	A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.	n.
Turn-out	That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.	n.
Turn-out	The aggregate number of persons who have come out, as from their houses, for a special purpose.	n.
Turn-out	Net quantity of produce yielded.	n.

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Re-turn	To turn again.	v. t. & i.
Sea turn	A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea.
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.	v. t.
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.