英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Turn
(v. t.)
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.
Turn
(v. t.)
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.
Turn
(v. t.)
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.
Turn
(v. t.)
Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in
proper condition; to adapt.
Turn
(v. t.)
To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
Turn
(v. t.)
To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to
turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
Turn
(v. t.)
To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.
Turn
(v. i.)
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.
Turn
(v. i.)
Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
Turn
(v. i.)
To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to
issue.
Turn
(v. i.)
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.
Turn
(v. i.)
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.
Turn
(v. i.)
To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory
turns well.
Turn
(v. i.)
To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
Turn
(v. i.)
To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
Turn
(v. i.)
To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
Turn
(v. i.)
To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of
scales.
Turn
(v. i.)
To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said
of the tide.
Turn
(v. i.)
To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to
facilitate delivery.
Turn
(v. i.)
To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary
substitute for any sort which is exhausted.