turn

1. To make a non-linear physical movement.Examples: "the Earth turns"; "turn on the spot"; ""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.[…].""Synonyms: rotate, spin, twirlintransitiveperson

2. To make a non-linear physical movement.Examples: "Turn the knob clockwise."; "It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by."; "Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work."Synonyms: rotatetransitive

3. To make a non-linear physical movement.Examples: "She turned right at the corner."; "I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railroad station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town."; "I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn."Synonyms: steer, swerve, tackintransitive

4. To make a non-linear physical movement.Examples: "She turned the table legs with care and precision."Synonyms: lathetransitive

5. To make a non-linear physical movement.Examples: "[…]the Poets pen turnes them to ſhapes,[…]"; "[…]he was perfectly well turned for the occupations of trade and commerce."; "His limbs how turn’d! how broad his ſhoulders ſpread!"broadly

6. To make a non-linear physical movement.Examples: "Add sugar and butter, then turn the mixture into a dish."; "The farmer turned the cows into a field."transitive