[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.
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            the gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --milton.
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   2. hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
      to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
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            conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of
            war.                                  --swift.
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   3. to result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to
      issue.
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            if we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and
            serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our
            advantage.                            --wake.
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   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.
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            turn from thy fierce wrath.           --ex. xxxii.
                                                  12.
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            turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --ezek.
                                                  xxxiii. 11.
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            the understanding turns inward on itself, and
            reflects on its own operations.       --locke.
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   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.
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            i hope you have no intent to turn husband. --shak.
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            cygnets from gray turn white.         --bacon.
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   6. to undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory
      turns well.
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   7. specifically: 
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      a to become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
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      b to become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
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                i'll look no more;
                lest my brain turn.               --shak.
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      c to be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
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      d to become inclined in the other direction; -- said of
          scales.
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      e to change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --
          said of the tide.
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      f obstetrics to bring down the feet of a child in the
          womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
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   8. print. to invert a type of the same thickness, as
      temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
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   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.
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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 

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