Turn definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TURN, v.t. [L. turnus; torniare, to turn; tornare, to return; torneare, tornire, to turn, to fence round, to tilt; torniamento, tournament.] 1. To cause to move in a circular course; as, to turn a wheel; to turn a spindle; to turn the body. 2. To change ...
Turn and turn about definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Turn Turn, n. 1. The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; ...
To turn about definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Turn Turn, v. i. 1. To move round; to have a circular ... decision turns on a single fact. Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of war. --Swift. 3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue. If we repent seriously, submit ...
... 1. On all sides. Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round. Luke 19. 2. Circularly; in ... one side or party to another; as, to come or turn round. Hence these expressions signify to change sides or opinions ... denotes over the whole place, or in every direction. Round about is tautological. ROUND, prep. 1. On every side of; as ... the word. They stood all round or around him. 2. About; in a circular course, or in all parts; as, to ... fields and garden. he wanders round the world. 3. Circularly; about; as, to wind a cable round the windlass. To come ... raised and rounded to very great perfection. 4. To move about any thing; as, the sun, in polar regions, rounds ...
... hour into death's mouth to fall. --Spenser. To look about, to look on all sides, or in different directions. To look about one, to be on the watch; to be vigilant; to ... in serious writing, is not to be approved. To set about, to commence; to begin. To set forward, to move or ... a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about. He that would seriously set upon the search of truth ... to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to ... upon another's heel. --Shak. Webster's 1913 Dictionary To turn one's coat, to change one's uniform or ...
turn about definitions Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms Move the face ... alternately, au pair, break back, by turns, change back, come about, consecutively, convert, cry back, do a flip-flop, do an about-face, even, evert, every other, exchangeably, fetch about, flip-flop, go about, go back, hand running, hark back, heel, in Indian ...
About definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ABOUT', prep. [Gr. butan, without, [see but,] literally, around, on the ... 1. Around; on the exterior part or surface. Bind them about thy neck. Prov 3:3. Isa. l. Hence, 2. Near ... place, with the sense of circularity. Get you up from about the tabernacle. Numbers 16. 3. Near to in time. He went out about the third hour. Mat 21:3. 4. Near to, in ... or near to the performance of some act. Paul was about to open his mouth. They were about to flee ...
... as of a hunter or game) b. slight information especially about something secret ; intimation < got wind of the plan > 8. a ... Old High German wintan to wind, Umbrian ohavendu let him turn aside Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. obsolete ... with something pliable ; bind with loops or layers b. to turn completely or repeatedly about an object ; coil, twine c. (1) to hoist or haul ... move in a curving line or path b. archaic to turn the course of; especially to lead (a person) as one ... c. (1) to cause (as a ship) to change direction ; turn (2) to turn (a ship) end for end d. ...
about-turn definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1893 British about-face Oxford Reference Dictionary n., v., & int. --n. 1 a turn made so as to face the opposite direction. 2 a ... change of opinion or policy etc. --v.intr. make an about-turn. --int. (about turn) Mil. a command to make an ...
... digging, raising, or forming. Thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee. Luke 19. 11. To thrust; as, to cast into ... actors. 22. To throw, as the sight; to direct, or turn, as the eye; to glance; as, to cast a look ... to throw away; to lavish or waste by profusion; to turn to no use; as, to cast away life. Also, to ... untie. To cast out, to send forth; to reject or turn out; to throw out, as words; to speak or give ... the thoughts, with a view to some determination; or to turn or revolve in the mind; to contrive; sometimes followed by about. I cast in careful mind to seek her out. ...
... ball goes with velocity through the air. The mourners go about the streets. Ecclesiastes 12. 2. To walk; to move on ... hast staid so long that going will scarce serve the turn. 4. To travel; to journey by land or water. I ... recourse to; as, to go to law. 15. To be about to do; as, I was going to say. I am ... the court will vary the construction of instruments. To go about, to set one's self to a business; to attempt; to endeavor. They never go about to hide or palliate their vices. 1. In seamen's language, to tack; to turn the head of a ship. To go abroad, to ...
turn back definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: retrace ... course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back" [syn: backtrack, turn back, double back] 2: go back to a previous state ... reverted to the old rules" [syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back] 3: force to go away; used both with concrete ... drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" [syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off] 4: ...
... and thus his punishment was eternal. 2. To revolve; to turn on its axis; as, to roll a wheel or a ... a body rolls on an inclined plane. 2. To move, turn or run on an axis; as a wheel. [In this ... revolution; as the rolling year. Ages roll away. 5. To turn; to move circularly. And his red eyeballs roll with living ... fire. 6. To float in rough water; to be tossed about. Twice ten tempestuous nights I roll'd - 7. To move ... fame. 12. Part; office; that is, round of duty, like turn. Obs. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: rotary motion ... with a swaying gait 14: a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude ...
... machine for spinning thread, of various kinds. 6. Rotation; revolution; turn; as the vicissitude and wheel of things. 7. A turning about; a compass. He throws his flight in many an airy ... provide energy and direction; "the wheels of government began to turn" 4: a circular helm to control the rudder of a ... a. a curving or circular movement b. a rotation or turn usually about an axis or center; specifically a turning movement of troops ... adjective II. verb Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to turn on or as if on an axis ; revolve 2. ...