[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

turn \turn\ t^urn, v. i.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            the gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
      to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
      1913 webster

            conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of
            war.                                  --swift.
      1913 webster

   3. to result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to
      issue.
      1913 webster

            if we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and
            serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our
            advantage.                            --wake.
      1913 webster

   4. 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.
      1913 webster

            turn from thy fierce wrath.           --ex. xxxii.
                                                  12.
      1913 webster

            turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --ezek.
                                                  xxxiii. 11.
      1913 webster

            the understanding turns inward on itself, and
            reflects on its own operations.       --locke.
      1913 webster

   5. 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 muslim.
      1913 webster

            i hope you have no intent to turn husband. --shak.
      1913 webster

            cygnets from gray turn white.         --bacon.
      1913 webster

   6. to undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory
      turns well.
      1913 webster

   7. specifically: 
      1913 webster
      a to become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
          1913 webster
      b to become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
          1913 webster

                i'll look no more;
                lest my brain turn.               --shak.
          1913 webster
      c to be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
          1913 webster
      d to become inclined in the other direction; -- said of
          scales.
          1913 webster
      e to change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --
          said of the tide.
          1913 webster
      f obstetrics to bring down the feet of a child in the
          womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
          1913 webster

   8. print. to invert a type of the same thickness, as
      temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
      1913 webster

   to turn about, to face to another quarter; to turn around.
      

   to turn again, to come back after going; to return. --shak.

   to turn against, to become unfriendly or hostile to.

   to turn aside or to turn away.
      a to turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a
          company; to deviate.
      b to depart; to remove.
      c to avert one's face.

   to turn back, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction;
      to retrace one's steps.

   to turn in.
      a to bend inward.
      b to enter for lodgings or entertainment.
      c to go to bed. colloq.

   to turn into, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a
      side street.

   to turn off, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as,
      the road turns off to the left.

   to turn on or to turn upon.
      a to turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.
      b to reply to or retort.
      c to depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.
          

   to turn out.
      a to move from its place, as a bone.
      b to bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.
      c to rise from bed. colloq.
      d to come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to
          the fire.
      e to prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the
          crops turned out poorly.

   to turn over, to turn from side to side; to roll; to
      tumble.

   to turn round.
      a to change position so as to face in another direction.
      b to change one's opinion; to change from one view or
          party to another.

   to turn to, to apply one's self to; to have recourse to; to
      refer to. "helvicus's tables may be turned to on all
      occasions." --locke.

   to turn to account, profit, advantage, or the like, to
      be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the
      while.

   to turn under, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.

   to turn up.
      a to bend, or be doubled, upward.
      b to appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur;
          to happen.
          1913 webster
see also:
to turn about to turn again to turn against to turn aside to turn away to turn back 
to turn in to turn into to turn off to turn on to turn upon 
to turn out to turn over to turn round to turn to to turn to account 
profit advantage to turn under to turn up 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

advantage \advan"tage\ ?; 61, 48, n. oe. avantage,
   avauntage, f. avantage, fr. avant before. see advance, and
   cf. vantage.
   1. any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means,
      particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end;
      benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more
      elevated position.
      1913 webster

            give me advantage of some brief discourse. --shak.
      1913 webster

            the advantages of a close alliance.   --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.
      1913 webster

            lest satan should get an advantage of us. --2 cor.
                                                  ii. 11.
      1913 webster

   3. superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit;
      gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
      1913 webster

   4. interest of money; increase; overplus as the thirteenth
      in the baker's dozen. obs.
      1913 webster

            and with advantage means to pay thy love. --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. tennis the first point scored after deuce.
      pjc

   advantage ground, vantage ground. r. --clarendon.

   to have the advantage of any one, to have a personal
      knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge.
      "you have the advantage of me; i don't remember ever to
      have had the honor." --sheridan.

   to take advantage of, to profit by; often used in a bad
      sense to overreach, to outwit.
      1913 webster

   syn: advantage, advantageous, benefit, beneficial.

   usage: we speak of a thing as a benefit, or as beneficial,
          when it is simply productive of good; as, the benefits
          of early discipline; the beneficial effects of
          adversity. we speak of a thing as an advantage, or as
          advantageous, when it affords us the means of getting
          forward, and places us on a "vantage ground" for
          further effort. hence, there is a difference between
          the benefits and the advantages of early education;
          between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of
          money.
          1913 webster
see also:
advance vantage advantage ground to have the advantage of to take advantage of advantage 
advantageous benefit beneficial 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

advantage \advan"tage\, v. t. imp.  p. p. advantaged; p.
   pr.  vb. n. advantaging. f. avantager, fr. avantage. see
   advance.
   to give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit;
   to profit.
   1913 webster

         the truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and
         averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged
         his adversaries against him.             --fuller.
   1913 webster

         what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world,
         and lose himself, or be cast away?       --luke ix. 25.
   1913 webster

   to advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. obs.
      1913 webster
see also:
advantaged advantaging advance to advantage one's self of 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

advantage
     n 1: the quality of having a superior or more favorable position;
          "the experience gave him the advantage over me" syn: vantage
          ant: disadvantage
     2: first point scored after deuce
     3: benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out
        to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"
        syn: reward ant: penalty
     v : give an advantage to; "this system advantages the rich"
         ant: disadvantage
see also:
vantage disadvantage reward penalty 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

151 moby thesaurus words for "advantage":
   accommodation, account, advance, advancement, advantageously,
   advantageousness, advisability, allowance, amenity, answer,
   appliance, applicability, appropriateness, appurtenance,
   ascendancy, asset, avail, be handy, be of use, be right, befit,
   befitting, behalf, behoof, benediction, beneficialness, benefit,
   benison, bestead, better, betterment, blessing, boon, boost,
   break no bones, bulge, coign of vantage, conduce to, contribute to,
   convenience, deadwood, decency, desirability, do, do good,
   do no harm, do the trick, dominance, domination, draw, drop, edge,
   encourage, enhancement, expedience, expediency, expedite,
   facilitate, facility, favor, feasibility, fill the bill, fit,
   fitness, fittingness, flying start, foothold, footing, forward,
   fruitfulness, further, gain, give good returns, godsend, good,
   handicap, hasten, head start, heightening, help, hold, improvement,
   inside track, interest, jump, lead, leadership, lend wings to,
   make for, mastery, not come amiss, odds, opportuneness, overhand,
   pay, pay off, percentage, point, politicness, profit,
   profitability, promote, propriety, prosperity, prudence, purchase,
   push forward, put forward, quicken, relevance, rightness,
   running start, seasonableness, seemliness, serve,
   serve the purpose, service, serviceability, set forward,
   something extra, something in reserve, speed, start, suffice,
   suit the occasion, suitability, superiority, sway, timeliness,
   to advantage, toehold, traction, upper hand, use, usefulness,
   utility, value, vantage, vantage ground, vantage point, victory,
   welfare, well-being, whip hand, wisdom, work, work for,
   world of good, worth, worthwhileness, yield a profit

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