Turn

To turn against
a -	To direct against; as, to turn one's arguments against himself.
b -	To make unfavorable or hostile to; as, to turn one's friends against him.

To turn a hostile army
(Mil.) to pass round it, and take a position behind it or upon its side.

To turn a penny
to make a small profit by trade, or the like.

To turn around one's finger
to have complete control of the will and actions of; to be able to influence at pleasure.

To turn aside
to avert.

To turn away
a -	To dismiss from service; to discard; as, to turn away a servant.
b -	To avert; as, to turn away wrath or evil.

To turn back
a -	To give back; to return.

We turn not back the silks upon the merchants,
When we have soiled them.

- Shak.

I'll turn you out of my kingdom.

- Shak.

This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died.

- Shak.

10.

To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.

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.

The gate . . . on golden hinges turning.

- Milton.

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

Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of war.

- Swift.

To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.

If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our advantage.

- Wake.

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 from thy fierce wrath.

- Ex. xxxii. 12.

Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways.

- Ezek. xxxiii. 11.

The understanding turns inward on itself, and reflects on its own operations.

- Locke.

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.

I hope you have no intent to turn husband.

- Shak.

Cygnets from gray turn white.

- Bacon.

To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.

To become acid; to sour; - said of milk, ale, etc.

To become giddy; - said of the head or brain.

I'll look no more;
Lest my brain turn.

- Shak.

(Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

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

To turn again
to come back after going; to return.

To turn against
to become unfriendly or hostile to. - Shak.

To turn aside
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.

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
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.
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.

To turn to account
to be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the while. - Locke.

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.

To be nauseated; - said of the stomach.

10.

To become inclined in the other direction; - said of scales.

11.

To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; - said of the tide.

12.

(Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.

Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide.

At length his complaint took a favorable turn.

- Macaulay.

The turns and varieties of all passions.

- Hooker.

Too well the turns of mortal chance I know.

- Pope.

One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander.

And all its [the river's] thousand turns disclose.
Some fresher beauty varying round.

- Byron.

A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll.

Come, you and I must walk a turn together.

- Shak.

I will take a turn in your garden.

- Dryden.

Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time.

His turn will come to laugh at you again.

- Denham.

Every one has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

- Collier.

Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.

Had I not done a friendes turn to thee?

- Chaucer.

thanks are half lost when good turns are delayed.

- Fairfax.

Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn.

I have enough to serve mine own turn.

- Shak.

Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; - used in a literal or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation.

The turn of both his expressions and thoughts is unharmonious.

- Dryden.

The Roman poets, in their description of a beautiful man, often mention the turn of his neck and arms.

- Addison.

A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn.

10.

A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; - so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.

11.

A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.

12.

(Mining) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.

13.

(Eng. Law) A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county.

14.

(Med.) Monthly courses; menses.

15.

(Mus.) An embellishment or grace (marked thus, ), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus , or drawn thus .

By turns
a -	One after another; alternately; in succession.
b -	At intervals.

In turn
in due order of succession. - Milton.

To a turn
exactly; perfectly; as, done to a turn; - a phrase alluding to the practice of cooking on a revolving spit.

To take turns
to alternate; to succeed one another in due order.

Turn and turn about
by equal alternating periods of service or duty; by turns.

Turn bench
a simple portable lathe, used on a bench by clock makers and watchmakers.

Turn buckle
See Turnbuckle, in Vocabulary.

Turn cap
a sort of chimney cap which turns round with the wind so as to present its opening to the leeward.

Turn of life
(Med.) change of life. See under Change. - G. Francis.

Turn screw
a screw driver.

Noun	1.	turn - a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" Synonyms: bend, crook
	2.	turn - the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right" Synonyms: turning
	3.	turn - the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" Synonyms: play
	4.	turn - an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn" Synonyms: turn of events, twist
	5.	turn - a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind" Synonyms: turning
	6.	turn - turning away or in the opposite direction; "he made an abrupt turn away from her"
	7.	turn - turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room" Synonyms: twist
	8.	turn - a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" Synonyms: go, spell, tour
	9.	turn - (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive Synonyms: bout, round
	10.	turn - a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" Synonyms: routine, number, act, bit
	11.	turn - a favor for someone; "he did me a good turn" Synonyms: good turn
	12.	turn - taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park"
Verb	1.	turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"
	2.	turn - undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" Synonyms: become
	3.	turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" Synonyms: change state
	4.	turn - cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"
	5.	turn - pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" Synonyms: grow
	6.	turn - to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"
	7.	turn - pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle" Synonyms: move around
	8.	turn - move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"
	9.	turn - cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book" Synonyms: turn over
	10.	turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" Synonyms: change by reversal, reverse
	11.	turn - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" Synonyms: plow, plough
	12.	turn - change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
	13.	turn - cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics; "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold"
	14.	turn - let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate" Synonyms: release
	15.	turn - twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" Synonyms: sprain, wrick, rick, wrench, twist
	16.	turn - shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel"
	17.	turn - go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" Synonyms: sour, ferment, work
	18.	turn - accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels"
	19.	turn - get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year"
	20.	turn - cause to move along an axis or into a new direction; "turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn your dance partner around"
	21.	turn - channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millenium"
	22.	turn - cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" Synonyms: twist, bend, deform, flex
	23.	turn - alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down"
	24.	turn - direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car"
	25.	turn - have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to; "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help" Synonyms: call on
	26.	turn - become officially one year older; "She is turning 50 this year"

(messaging, protocol)

TURN - An SMTP command with which a client asks the server to open an SMTP connection to the client, thus reversing their roles.

Superseded by ETRN.

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