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1.
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.
Source : opted (163751)  - auto
 
2.
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.
Source : opted (163752)  - auto
 
3.
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.
Source : opted (163753)  - auto
 
4.
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.
Source : opted (163754)  - auto
 
5.
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.
Source : opted (163755)  - auto
 
6.
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.
Source : opted (163756)  - auto
 
7.
Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt.
Source : opted (163757)  - auto
 
8.
To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
Source : opted (163758)  - auto
 
9.
To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
Source : opted (163759)  - auto
 
10.
To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.
Source : opted (163760)  - auto
 

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