1. Moved around an axis or centre
   "The turned vase showed its intricate design from all angles"
    
2. In an unpalatable state
   "turned milk";
   - off, sour

1. To change orientation or direction
   "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"
    
2. Cause to move around or rotate
   "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"
    
3. 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";
   - change state
    
4. Undergo a change or development
   "The water turned into ice"; "He turned traitor";
   - become
    
5. Change to the contrary
   "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern";
   - reverse
    
6. Move around an axis or a centre
   "The wheels are turning"
    
7. Cause to move around a centre so as to show another side of
   "turn a page of a book";
   - turn over
    
8. Pass to the other side of
   "turn the corner";
   - move around
    
9. Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
   "The weather turned nasty";
   - grow
    
10. Cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
    "turn your dance partner around"; "turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"
     
11. Channel one's attention, interest or thought toward or away from something
    "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium"
     
12. Alter the functioning or setting of
    "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down"
     
13. Direct at someone
    "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car"
     
14. (farming) to break and turn over earth especially with a plough
    "turn the earth in the spring";
    - plow [N. Amer], plough [Brit, Cdn]
     
15. Shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
    "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel"
     
16. Accomplish by rotating
    "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels"
     
17. Change colour
    "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
     
18. Cause to change 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"
     
19. Get by buying and selling
    "the company turned a good profit after a year"
     
20. Cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
    "the strong man could turn an iron bar";
    - flex, bend, deform, twist
     
21. Have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
    "She turned to her relatives for help";
    - call on
     
22. Twist suddenly so as to sprain
    "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days";
    - twist, sprain, wrench, wrick, rick
     
23. Let (something) fall or spill from a container
    "turn the flour onto a plate";
    - release
     
24. To send or let go
    "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"
     
25. Go sour or spoil
    "The cream has turned — we have to throw it out";
    - sour, ferment, work
     
26. Become officially one year older
    "She is turning 50 this year"

See also: double back, inside-out, inverted, overturned, pick up, put off, reversed, revolved, rotated, soured, turn away, turn to, upset, upside-down, upturned, wrong-side-out

Type of: acquire, age, aim, alter, appeal, change, change form, change shape, channel, channelise [Brit], channelize, color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], control, deform, direct, discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], displace, do, form, get, get on, go, injure, invoke, locomote, maturate, mature, metamorphose, modify, move, operate, perform, send, senesce, shape, take, take aim, till, train, transfer, transform, transmit, transmute, travel, wound

Antonym: unturned

Encyclopedia: Turned, ground and polished