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turn
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??n/
- (General American) enPR: tûrn, IPA(key): /t?n/
- Homophones: tern, tarn
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
Etymology 1
From Middle English turnen, from Old English turnian, tyrnan (“to turn, rotate, revolve”) and Old French torner (“to turn”), both from Latin torn?re (“to round off, turn in a lathe”), from tornus (“lathe”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (tórnos, “turning-lathe: a tool used for making circles”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh?- (“to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist, bore”). Cognate with Old English þr?wan (“to turn, twist, wind”). Displaced native Old English wendan.
Verb
turn (third-person singular simple present turns, present participle turning, simple past and past participle turned or (obsolete) turnt)
- To make a non-linear physical movement.
- (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. […]."
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- (intransitive) to change one's direction of travel.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to change the course of.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- (intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
- (copulative) To become (begin to be).
- Synonyms: become, get
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- 2017, Michael J. Totten, Into the Wasteland: A Zombie Novel
- His companions had turned him on purpose. Annie, bless her heart, was immune.
- 2017, Michael J. Totten, Into the Wasteland: A Zombie Novel
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- To reach a certain age.
- To hinge; to depend.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- To change personal condition.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (copulative) To become (begin to be).
- (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
- (archaic) To translate.
- 1735, Alexander Pope, The Prologue to the Satires
- who turns a Persian tale for half a crown
- 1735, Alexander Pope, The Prologue to the Satires
- (transitive, role-playing games) To magically or divinely attack undead.
Synonyms
- (move around an axis through itself): rotate, spin, twirl
- (change the direction or orientation of): rotate
- (change one's direction of travel): steer, swerve, tack
- (nautical)
- (position (something) by folding it back on itself):
- (become): become, get, go
- (rebel): rebel, revolt
- (shape on a lathe): lathe
- (go bad): go bad, go off, sour, spoil
- (complete): complete
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Partly from Anglo-Norman *torn, from Latin turnus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (tórnos), and partly an action noun from the verb turn.
Noun
turn (plural turns)
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A walk to and fro.
- Synonym: promenade
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- The time required to complete a project.
- Synonym: turnaround
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- Character; personality; nature.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- 1960, Theatre Notebook (volumes 14-16, page 122)
- Between the pieces were individual turns, comic songs and dances.
- 1960, Theatre Notebook (volumes 14-16, page 122)
- (printing, dated) A type turned upside down to serve for another character that is not available.
- (Britain, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- 1977, Michael Arthur Firth, Valuation of Shares and the Efficient-markets Theory (page 11)
- There are usually at least two jobbers who specialise in the leading stocks, and this acts to keep the jobber's turn to a reasonable amount […]
- 1977, Michael Arthur Firth, Valuation of Shares and the Efficient-markets Theory (page 11)
Synonyms
- (change of direction or orientation):
- (movement about an axis returning to the original orientation): 360° turn, complete rotation, complete turn, full rotation, full turn
- (single loop of a coil): loop
- (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others): go
- (one's chance to make a move in a game): go, move
- (figure in music):
- (time required to complete a project):
- (fit or period of giddiness): dizziness, dizzy spell, giddiness
- (change in temperament or circumstance): change, swing
- (sideways movement of a cricket ball):
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (t?n)
Translations
Derived terms
See also
- Appendix:Parts of the knot
- ornament
- trill
Anagrams
- runt
Finnish
Etymology
< English turn
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tø?n/, [?t?ø??n]
Noun
turn
- (poker) turn (fourth communal card in Texas hold'em)
Declension
Synonyms
- neljäs avokortti
Icelandic
Etymology
From Latin turris (“tower”). Cognate with Danish tårn and German Turm. First appears in the 12th or 13th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??rtn/
- Rhymes: -?rtn
Noun
turn m (genitive singular turns, nominative plural turnar)
- tower
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the verb turne; compare with German Turnen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???/
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
turn m (indeclinable) (uncountable)
- gymnastics (athletic discipline)
Related terms
- gymnastikk
- turner
References
- “turn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the verb turne
Noun
turn m (uncountable)
- gymnastics (athletic discipline)
Related terms
- gymnastikk
References
- “turn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Turm, from Latin turrem, accusative form of turris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /turn/
Noun
turn n (plural turnuri)
- tower
- (chess) rook
Declension
Synonyms
- (chess rook): tur?
See also
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bow
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English bowe, bo?e, from Old English boga, from Proto-West Germanic *bog?, from Proto-Germanic *bugô. Cognate with West Frisian boge, Dutch boog, German Bogen, Danish bue, Norwegian boge, bue, Swedish båge.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: b?, IPA(key): /b??/
- (US) enPR: b?, IPA(key): /bo?/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: beau
Noun
bow (plural bows)
- A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- I do set my bow in the cloud.
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- Coordinate term: blade
Synonyms
- (bow-shaped bend): arc, bend, curve
- (tool for playing stringed instruments): fiddlestick
- (a type of stringed instrument): musical bow
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
bow (third-person singular simple present bows, present participle bowing, simple past and past participle bowed)
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- The musician bowed his violin expertly.
- (intransitive) To become bent or curved.
- The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.
- (transitive) To make something bend or curve.
- 1843, William H. Prescott, The History of the Conquest of Mexico
- The whole nation […] bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny.
- 1843, William H. Prescott, The History of the Conquest of Mexico
- (transitive, figuratively) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Atheism
- Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.
- not to bow and bias their opinions
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Atheism
Derived terms
- bower
- diddley bower
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English bowen, buwen, bu?en, from Old English b?gan, from Proto-West Germanic *beugan, from Proto-Germanic *beugan?, from Proto-Indo-European *b??g?- (“to bend”). Cognate with Dutch buigen, German biegen, Danish bue.
Pronunciation
- enPR: bou, IPA(key): /ba?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophone: bough
Verb
bow (third-person singular simple present bows, present participle bowing, simple past and past participle bowed)
- (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- The soldier now blew upon a green whistle, and at once a young girl, dressed in a pretty green silk gown, entered the room. She had lovely green hair and green eyes, and she bowed low before Dorothy as she said, "Follow me and I will show you your room."
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
- 2010 (publication date), Kara Krekeler, "Rebuilding the opera house", West End Word, volume 39, number 26, December 22, 2010 – January 11, 2011, page 1:
- SCP recently announced that How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical will bow on the newly renovated stage next December.
- 2010 (publication date), Kara Krekeler, "Rebuilding the opera house", West End Word, volume 39, number 26, December 22, 2010 – January 11, 2011, page 1:
- (intransitive) To defer (to something).
- (transitive) To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
Hypernyms
- (gesture): gesture; congee, congé, conge
Derived terms
Related terms
- buxom
Translations
Noun
bow (plural bows)
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
- He made a polite bow as he entered the room.
Hypernyms
- (gesture): gesture; congee, congé, conge
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English bowe, bowgh, a borrowing from Middle Low German bôch and/or Middle Dutch boech, from Proto-Germanic *b?guz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh???us (“arm”). Cognate with Dutch boeg (“bow”), Danish bov (“bow”), Swedish bog (“bow”). Doublet of bough.
Pronunciation
- enPR: bou, IPA(key): /ba?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophone: bough
Noun
bow (plural bows)
- (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
- (rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
Synonyms
- (of a ship): prow
Antonyms
- (of a ship): poop, stern
Derived terms
- bow rudder
- bow shock
- shot across the bow, shot across the bows
Usage notes
- Often used in the plural, the ship being considered to have starboard and port bows, meeting at the stern.
Translations
Etymology 4
Noun
bow (plural bows)
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of bough
- Ariell:
- Where the Bee ?ucks, there ?uck I,
- In a Cowslips bell, I lie,
- There I cowch when Owles doe crie,
- On the Batts backe I doe flie
- ? after Sommer merrily.
- Merrily, merrily, ?hall I liue now
- Vnder the blo??om that hangs on the Bow.
See also
- coll'arco
- curtsy
- kowtow
- Wikipedia article on bows (weapons)
- Wikipedia article on bows used to play string instruments
- Wikipedia article on bows (the knots)
- Wikipedia article on musical bows
- Wikipedia article on bows, the gestures of respect
- Wikipedia article on the bows of ships
- Bow in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- WBO
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From Dutch bouwen (“to build”).
Verb
bow
- to build
- (figuratively, with tapu) to trust, to depend on
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo?f/
Noun
b?w f (plural bowa)
- woman
- wife
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