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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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coil
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /k??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Etymology 1
From Middle French coillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (French: cueillir), from Latin colligo (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- (“together”) + lego (“to gather”); compare legend. Doublet of cull.
Noun
coil (plural coils)
- Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- The wild grapevines that twisted their coils or tendrils from tree to tree.
- Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
- (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
- Synonym: inductor
- (figuratively) Entanglement; perplexity.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (koiru)
Translations
Verb
coil (third-person singular simple present coils, present participle coiling, simple past and past participle coiled)
- To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
- To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
- To wind cylindrically or spirally.
- (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
- a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason
- Pleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare
- a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
coil (plural coils)
- (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
- a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel
- And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act III:
- If the windes rage, doth not the Sea wax mad, / Threatning the welkin with his big-swolne face? / And wilt thou haue a reason for this coile?
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 162:
- this great Savage desired also to see him. A great coyle there was to set him forward.
- a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel
Derived terms
- mortal coil
Translations
Further reading
- coil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- coil in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Clio, coli, loci
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k?l?]
Noun 1
coil m
- vocative/genitive singular of col (“prohibition; sin, lust; violation; dislike; incest; relation, relationship”)
Noun 2
coil m
- inflection of col (“col”):
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
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