turn

Meaning

1. To make a non-linear physical movement.
2. To move about an axis through itself.
3. To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
4. To change one's direction of travel.
5. To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
6. To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
7. To direct or impel (something) into or out of a place.
8. To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
9. To navigate through a book or other printed material.
10. To twist or sprain.
11. Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
12. Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
13. A change of direction or orientation.
14. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
15. A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
16. A walk to and fro.
17. A chance to use something shared in sequence with others.
18. A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
19. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
20. 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.
21. The time required to complete a project.
22. The transition from one period or era, or hour on the clock, to another.
23. A fit or a period of giddiness.
24. A change in temperament or circumstance.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁nos Proto-Hellenic *tórnos Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornōbor. Proto-West Germanic *turnēn Old English turnian ▲ Latin tornō Old French tornerbor. Middle English turnen English turn From Middle English turnen, from Old English turnian, tyrnan (“to turn, rotate, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *turnēn (“to turn, lathe”) (also the source of German turnen and its derivatives) and Old French torner (“to turn”), both from Latin tornāre (“to round off, turn in a lathe”), from tornus (“lathe”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “turning-lathe: a tool used for making circles”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist, bore”). Cognate with Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist, wind”), whence English throw. Displaced native Middle English wenden from Old English wendan (see wend), and Middle English trenden from Old English trendan (see trend), among several other terms.

Related words

Descendant words

• keer(Dutch) (cog)
• torni(Esperanto) (bor)
• turni(Esperanto) (bor)
• turn(Finnish) (bor)
• Turn(German) (bor)
• Törn(German) (bor)
• turnen(German) (cog)
• turnar(Ido) (bor)
• ton(Jamaican Creole) (der)
• ton(Jamaican Creole) (der)
• ターン(Japanese) (bor)
• tørn(Norwegian Nynorsk) (bor)
• tørne(Norwegian Nynorsk) (bor)
• tornar(Spanish) (cog)
• törn(Swedish) (bor)
• tanim(Tok Pisin) (der)

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