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OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Turn" Definition
noun
A brief theatrical act or stage appearance.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A chance or opportunity.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A change of direction, motion, or position: Make a left turn at the corner.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A characteristic mood, style, or habit; a natural inclination: an inquisitive turn of mind.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A deed or action having a good or bad effect on another: "He thought some friend had done him an ill turn” ( Stephen Crane).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To cause to move around an axis or a center make rotate or revolve.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cause to move around so as to effect a desired end (as of locking, opening, or shutting).
Source: Merriam-Webster
To affect or alter the functioning of (as a mechanical device) or the level of (as sound) by such movement.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To execute or perform by rotating or revolving.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To twist out of line or shape.
Source: Merriam-Webster
idiom
At every turn In every place; at every moment.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
By turns One after another; alternately: "From the ... testimony emerges a man by turns devious and honest, vulgar and gallant, scatterbrained and shrewd” ( Life).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
In turn In the proper order or sequence.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Out of turn At an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner: The student was reprimanded for speaking out of turn.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Out of turn Not in the proper order or sequence.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
Slang To perform (an act of prostitution): turning tricks.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To affect or change the color of: Autumn turns the green leaves golden.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To alter or control the functioning of (a mechanical device, for example) by the use of a rotating or similar movement: turned the iron to a hotter setting.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To blunt or dull (the edge of a cutting instrument).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To cause (a scale) to move up or down so as to register weight: Even a feather will turn a delicate scale.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
To attack suddenly and violently with no apparent motive: The lion turned on the animal trainer.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To be formed on a lathe: a softwood that turns easily.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To be stocked and sold: This merchandise will turn easily.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To become dull or blunt by bending back. Used of the edge of a cutting instrument.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To change color: The leaves have turned.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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