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to turn over
to turn over
1.
a. transitive. To turn (something) from its position on to one side, or from one side to the other, or upside down; to invert, reverse; to knock over, overturn, upset. Also reflexive (now rare) = sense 1b. Cf. main senses 7, 9, and over adv. 2c, 7c.
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the world > space > relative position > inversion > invert [verb (transitive)]
to-wendc893
whelvec1000
to turn down?c1335
to turn up?c1335
whelmc1340
overturna1382
to turn overa1400
wholve14..
inverse?a1425
reverse?a1425
overwhelvec1450
overvolvea1522
transverse1557
evert1566
topsy-turn1573
topsy-turve1603
invert1610
upturn1610
whave1611
topsy-turvy1626
whemmel1684
cant1850
upend1868
flip-flop1924
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin
spillc950
fellOE
to cast downc1230
destroy1297
to turn up?c1335
to throw down1340
to ding downc1380
to break downa1382
subverta1382
underturn1382
to take downc1384
falla1400
to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400
voida1400
brittenc1400
to burst downc1440
to pull downc1450
pluck1481
tumble1487
wreck1510
defacea1513
confound1523
raze1523
arase1530
to beat downc1540
ruinate1548
demolish1560
plane1562
to shovel down1563
race?1567
ruin1585
rape1597
unwall1598
to bluster down16..
raise1603
level1614
debolish1615
unbuilda1616
to make smooth work of1616
slight1640
to knock down1776
squabash1822
collapse1883
to turn over1897
mash1924
rubble1945
to take apart1978
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 8611 Þe toþer womman childe ho hent..ho turned hir ouer wiþ hit in arme.
?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. *D.i.v The Englisshemen bete them so with arowes that they turned ouer bothe hors and man.
a1635 R. Sibbes Heavenly Conf. (1656) 12 We must..turn over every stone,—use all kind of means, till we find him.
1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 243. ⁋3 He turned himself over hastily in his Bed.
1897 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 4 Jan. 1/2 The ‘Blue Goose’ saloon, which is situated in the middle of the river, was turned over by the flood.
1923 Hosp. Corps Handbk. U.S. Navy (U.S. Bureau Med. & Surg.) iii. 89 Turn the patient over, face downward, place the hands under the abdomen, one on either side, and lift the patient.
1937 H. Jennings et al. May 12th Mass-observ. Day-surveys (1987) ii. 143 He asks you to select the queen, turns the card over and when you draw out the queen it is an eight.
2015 A. Silvera More Happy than Not 99 Brendan turns over the bucket, and all the..rocks fall to the ground.
b. intransitive. To turn on to one side, or from one side to the other, or upside down; to reverse itself; to be upset, fall over, capsize; to roll about. Cf. sense 1a and main sense 6.
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the world > space > relative position > inversion > invert or turn over [verb (intransitive)]
invert1801
to turn over1845
roll1929
1541 R. Whitford Dyuers Holy Instrucyons & Teachynges f. 59 For concience moueth hym to ryse when he waketh, and sluggyshnes causeth hym to walowe, and turne ouer in hys bedde.
a1661 R. Bargrave Trav. Diary (1999) 98 W. stands on her head in the mids of them, & falling with her britch on two of their faces, heavs up her britch again by turning over backwards.
1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 21 July in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1986) II. 403 The Indians pass this river in Skin Boats which is flat and will not turn over.
1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific vii. 87 [The whale] died, and turned over in a few minutes.
1892 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 17 Dec. 486/1 They cannot turn over if pushed, but must right themselves immediately.
1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 88 I had watched the big rohu turning lazily over in the river.
2014 N. Brooks Indecent Acts 28 Lights out he says and turns over on his side.
2.
a. transitive. To reverse (a leaf or page, or the successive leaves or pages, of a book) in order to read on further or write more. Also intransitive (cf. P.T.O. n.). Also: to read or search through, peruse (a book) by doing this (now rare). Cf. main sense 10a. to turn over a new leaf: see leaf n.1 Phrases 2a.
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society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > turn pages
to turn overc1405
revolve1485
volve1523
toss1555
verse1606
the world > space > relative position > inversion > invert [verb (transitive)] > turn over a book
to turn over1821
versate1887
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (1870) Prol. l. 3177 I moot reherse Hir tales alle be they bet or werse..ther-fore who so list it noght yhere Turne ouer the leef and chese another tale.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Luke iv. B And whan he had turned ouer [L. euoluit] the boke, he founde the place where it is wrytten.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Eviv If I sely man should..wylle them to turne ouer the leafe, and learne a newe lesson.
1635 in E. B. Sainsbury Cal. Court Minutes E. India Co. (1907) 16 The Company were surprized..when the Voyages were turned over.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 75. ⁋2 Turning over the Leaves, she reads alternately, and speaks.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. x. 239 The Countess..turning over such rare volumes as would now make the fortune of twenty retail booksellers.
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay ii. 27 ‘I must read it again,’ said Glynn..as he turned over the pages.
1957 Saltire Rev. Winter 17 She quartered her pie, dipped it in tomato sauce, and turned over an old Weldons. Gallant picture-book boys stared at her, and little girls with Dorothy bags and sashes.
1977 B. MacLaverty Secrets (1990) 41 She..always blew on the fine tissuey pages to separate them before turning over with her trembling fingers.
2001 Heat 17 Nov. 64/1 I turned over the page and it said: ‘Extras, 150.’
b. transitive. To reverse and shift successively (papers or other articles lying flat in a heap) for the purpose of examining those that are beneath.
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the world > space > relative position > inversion > invert [verb (transitive)] > turn over things in a flat pile
to turn over1580
1580 T. N. tr. P. Mexía Pleasaunt Dialogue Ep. Ded. sig. A.iiiv And now of late I chaunced to turne ouer my Papers, amonge the which I found this little Dialogue.
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 405 In turning over his papers.., Sir Edward laid his hand on the will.
1887 E. F. Byrrne Heir without Heritage III. iii. 66 She..began to turn over the linen and examine it.
1991 D. Johnson Resuscitation Hanged Man 161 He turned over the few papers on the desktop, a couple of errand lists in Ray Sands's small, square hand, several bills with the payment vouchers torn away.
c. transitive. To reverse or shift (soil, hay, etc.) so as to expose the underparts, or different parts successively. Cf. main sense 10b.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > turn over
turnc1425
to turn up1523
trench1573
to turn over1580
whelm1652
invert1712
1580 M. Outred tr. M. Cope Godly & Learned Expos. Prouerbes Solomon (xiv. 4) f. 257 Euen as the oxen doe drawe the plough for to breake vp and turne ouer the earth.
1613 G. Markham Eng. Husbandman: 1st Pt. i. sig. B3 If you turne ouer your ground againe in Ianuary, it will be much better, for these sands can neuer haue too much plowing.
1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved iv. 41 The same Ground has not been turned over for a Hundred Years.
1842 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3 i. 43 The trench-plough..turns over from 10 to 18 inches of clean soil.
1862 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 23 51 Turn over and lighten up the hay.
1932 Discovery Jan. 12 With a modern tractor and multiple plough the farmer can turn over the soil at the rate of almost an acre an hour.
2015 D. Tyler Uncommon Ground 209/2 Thirty or forty people with forks were wandering in the low-tide shallows, turning over the muddy sand.
d. intransitive. To be transferred, to shift. Cf. sense 3a. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > movement > move [verb (intransitive)] > change place or position
flitc1175
passa1387
changec1390
skifta1400
shift1530
transmigrate1611
reshift1629
transfer1646
to turn over1851
reposition1947
translocate1975
1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 i. 287 The embankment has been made on that portion which is not liable to ‘turn over’ [i.e. be shifted by the tide].
3.
a. transitive. To transfer, hand over, make over, assign, commit (a person or thing); usually followed by to. Formerly also: spec. to transfer (an apprentice) to another master (cf. turn-over n.2 2), to transfer (a sailor) to another ship (obsolete).In quot. a1425: to transfer (a boundary marker) to another place.In quot. 16322: to convert (something) to a different use.
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the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)]
remuea1325
movea1382
translatea1382
transfer1382
transfigurec1384
removea1387
to turn overa1425
transume1483
to carry about1496
traduce1546
transplant1555
transact1621
transmigrate1635
hand1642
to make over1713
recover1719
to carry over1850
the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > hand over to another
i-taechec888
outreacheOE
sellc950
beteacha1000
areachc1000
turnc1175
handsellc1225
betakec1250
deliverc1300
beken1330
yielda1382
disposec1384
resigna1387
livera1400
to turn overa1425
deputea1440
overgive1444
quit?c1450
surrend1450
surrender1466
renderc1480
to give over1483
despose1485
refer1547
to pass over1560
to set over1585
behight1590
tip1610
consign1632
delegate1633
skink1637
to hand over1644
delate1651
to turn off1667
to turn in1822
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deut. xix. 14 Thou schalt not take, and turne ouer [E.V. a1382 Bodl. 959 ouerbere; L. transferes] the termes of thi neiȝbore, which the formere men settiden in thi possessioun.
1548 R. Crowley Confut. N. Shaxton sig. Ciiii. He that lyueth not accordeynge to the knowledge that he hath in Goddes open worde of hys commaundementes..: shal be depriued of that he hath, and turned ouer into blyndnes of ignoraunce.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xvii. sig. L3v He excusing himselfe, and turning ouer the fault to Fortune.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 91 [He] was turned ouer to the new Captaine for fiue yeares more.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 273 That house..is turned ouer for a shelterage to sheepe.
1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 41 Our Ship was condemned, and the Men turned over, some on board the Breda, and some to the Ipswich.
1795 Lupton's Thous. Notable Th. xiv. 254 The chamberlain of London attends..to enrol and turn over apprentices.
1890 Mrs. H. Wood House of Halliwell i She would..turn over to her all the sewing.
1925 W. L. Cross Life Sterne I. 175 Robert Dodsley had just turned over the management of his business to his brother.
1930 Publishers' Weekly 5 Apr. 1917 Columbia University has just come into possession of the famous collection of works on economics which Professor E. R. A. Seligman..has turned over..for a price of one-half, or less.
1930 Harper's Mag. July 196 My German instinct to care for my own child kept me from turning her over to someone else.
2016 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 10 Apr. (Herald-Times ed.) e2/5 The vehicles automatically turned control over to a human being.
b. transitive (originally Criminals' slang). To report or betray (a person, esp. an associate or accomplice) to the police or other authorities. Also intransitive: to inform on or betray a person.
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)]
wrayc725
meldeOE
bimeldena1300
forgabc1394
to blow up?a1400
outsay?a1400
detectc1449
denounce1485
ascry1523
inform1526
promote1550
peach1570
blow1575
impeach1617
wheedle1710
split1795
snitch1801
cheep1831
squeal1846
to put away1858
spot1864
report1869
squawk1872
nose1875
finger1877
ruck1884
to turn over1890
to gag on1891
shop1895
pool1907
run1909
peep1911
pot1911
copper1923
finger1929
rat1932
to blow the whistle on1934
grass1936
rat1969
to put in1975
turn1977
society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)]
inform1588
peach1598
whistle1599
sing1612
whiddlec1661
squeak1690
wheedle1710
whittle1735
to blow the gab1785
snitch1801
rat1810
nose1811
sing1816
gnarl1819
split1819
stag1839
clype1843
squeal1846
blow1848
to round on1857
nark1859
pimp1865
squawk1872
ruck1884
to come or turn copper1891
copper1897
sneak1897
cough1901
stool1911
tattle-tale1918
snout1923
talk1924
fink1925
scream1925
sarbut1928
grass1929
to turn over1967
dime1970
1890 N. Gould With Tide xxx, in Referee (Sydney) 19 Feb. 7/4 ‘He's turned mouse, has he?’.. ‘What's up now?’.. ‘He's turned us over.’
1939 I. Baird Waste Heritage iii. 40 I don't know whether I ought to apologise to you or turn you over to the cops.
1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp 46 I didn't ‘turn over’ on my roommate. I didn't break the code.
1990 S. Morgan Homeboy 21 When they get Rooski he'll turn over in a heartbeat.
2007 C. Stross Halting State (2008) 114 He might have been snooping on phone calls for the Russian mafiya... I can't tell because whoever turned him over wiped all the media.
4. transitive. To agitate or revolve (a matter) in the mind, go through and examine (something) mentally, consider and reconsider (something). Cf. main sense 3.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)]
i-thenchec897
showeOE
i-mune971
thinkOE
overthinkOE
takec1175
umbethinkc1175
waltc1200
bethinkc1220
wend?c1225
weighc1380
delivera1382
peisea1382
considerc1385
musec1390
to look over ——a1393
advise?c1400
debatec1400
roll?c1400
revert?a1425
advertc1425
deliberc1425
movec1425
musec1425
revolvec1425
contemplec1429
overseec1440
to think overc1440
perpend1447
roil1447
pondera1450
to eat inc1450
involvec1470
ponderate?a1475
reputec1475
counterpoise1477
poisea1483
traversec1487
umbecast1487
digest1488
undercast1489
overhalec1500
rumble1519
volve?1520
compassa1522
recount1526
trutinate1528
cast1530
expend1531
ruminate1533
concoct1534
contemplate1538
deliberate1540
revolute1553
chawa1558
to turn over1568
cud1569
cogitate1570
huik1570
chew1579
meditatec1580
discourse1581
speculate1599
theorize1599
scance1603
verse1614
pensitate1623
agitate1629
spell1633
view1637
study1659
designa1676
introspect1683
troll1685
balance1692
to figure on or upon1837
reflect1862
mull1873
to mull over1874
scour1882
mill1905
1568 W. Turner Herbal (rev. ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. *ii After longe turninge this matter ouer in my mind, it came to my memorye that in all the hole realme of England, that there were none more fit to be Patronesse of my Booke.
1730 A. Campbell Disc. proving Apostles no Enthusiasts (ed. 2) Pref. p. xxiv I turn the matter over and over, I consider it in every light.
1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. iii. 180 After closing the volume, he turns its contents over in his mind.
1902 V. Jacob Sheep-stealers x Turning over in his mind what possible pretext he could invent for an early visit.
2011 T. Ronald Becoming Nancy (2012) iii. 41 I've been turning things over in my mind for a while.
5. transitive. To hang (a person) on a gallows; = to turn off 4a at Phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete (historical or archaic in later use).
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)]
hangc1000
anhangOE
forhangc1300
to loll up1377
gallowa1400
twitchc1450
titc1480
truss1536
beswinga1566
trine1567
to turn over1570
to turn off1581
to turn (a person) on the toe1594
to stretch1595
derrick1600
underhang1603
halter1616
staba1661
noose1664
alexander1666
nub1673
ketch1681
tuck1699
gibbet1726
string1728
scrag1756
to hang up1771
crap1773
patibulate1811
strap1815
swing1816
croak1823
yardarm1829
to work off1841
suspercollatea1863
dangle1887
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1017/2 He with a loude voyce cryed out Iesus, Iesus. Then the hangman turned hym ouer: and hee agayne for a certaine space, cryed Iesus, Iesus, and so ioyfully yelded vp hys spirite.
1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 128 As Criminals condemn'd to suffer, Are blinded first, and then, turn'd over.
1882 J. Taylor Sc. Covenanters 37 Just before he was turned over, the..intrepid sufferer lifted the napkin from his face and exclaimed, [etc.].
1913 J. K. Hewison Covenanters II. xxix. 452 When he began to address the bystanders thus, ‘My faint zeal for the Protestant religion has brought me to this end’, the drums rolled, and the hangman turned him over.
6.
a.
(a) transitive. Business. Originally: to pass or hand over (money or goods) in commercial transactions. Subsequently: to invest and realize (a sum of money), to utilize for business purposes; to sell or dispose of goods to the amount of (a specified sum) in a particular period of time. Cf. main sense 13b and turn-over n.2 6a.
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society > trade and finance > [verb (transitive)] > cause to circulate by trade
to turn over1585
turn1598
to turn and wind1598
wind1598
return1677
handle1889
1585 S. Robson Choise of Change sig. M.ij It is an easy matter to turne ouer money by exchange, but a hard matter to come out of debt.
1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley i. B iv b Some hundred bookes..I haue Turnd ouer..But that is nothing for a studient. Or a Stationer: they turne them ouer too.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 336/1 3000l. yearly is the average receipt of each—or, as it is most frequently expressed, that sum is ‘turned over’ by the swag-shop keepers yearly.
1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. x. 280 Under a ready money system, the same capital may perhaps be turned over twenty times in the course of the year.
1893 Good Words Mar. 187/1 Thousands of dollars were being turned over hourly.
2016 Daily Tel. 17 Aug. 34/4 The business..now turns over £57m a year, selling eyewear in more than 50 countries.
(b) transitive. Of an organism, tissue, etc.: to synthesize and degrade or replace (a substance) in a given time. Cf. turn-over n.2 6b.
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1943 Jrnl. Gen. Physiol. 26 326 Turnover rate..is the amount of the substance that is turned over by that tissue per unit of time.
1971 Nature 24 Dec. 483/2 Sminthopsis crassicaudata turns over water at about three times the rate of Dasycercus cristicauda.
1999 N. E. Lane Osteoporosis Bk. (2001) i. 10 Bone tissue is constantly replaced, or turned over, by removal of old tissue and replacement with new tissue.
b. intransitive. To pass through a process from acquisition to disposal; (of commercial stock) to be sold and replaced at a given rate; (of staff) to be employed and subsequently leave; (of a constituent of an organism) to be synthesized and replaced.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > produce something new [verb (intransitive)] > renew itself
to turn over1920
1920 Upholsterer Aug. 77/1 Carry stuff that turns over quickly.
1956 Planning 22 155 The entire research staff has turned over on an average about every three years as the various studies have been completed.
1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xii. 151 The body..has some parts that turn over very little..while others turn over so efficiently that we do not normally think of them as suffering wear.
2001 Business Week 20 Aug. 49/3 Our products are turning over extremely well, even in a challenging time.
2013 Freshwater Sci. 32 507/2 In algae-based fresh water ecosystems, biomass accumulation rates are very difficult to measure because the biomass turns over rapidly.
7. transitive. To drink off, swallow at one draught. Cf. to turn down 7a at Phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink up or off
swap?1507
swingea1529
drink1535
uphalec1540
toss1568
trill off?1589
snapa1592
to toss offa1592
to turn down1593
to top off1598
drain1604
to take off1613
outdrinka1631
whip1639
swoop1648
epote1657
to fetch off1657
ebibe1689
fetch1691
to tip off1699
to sweep off1707
tip1784
to turn over1796
1796 Hist. Ned Evans (Dublin ed.) I. xiii. 115 He turned over a full bumper to the toast.
8.
a. transitive. Originally Criminals' slang. Of police: to search (a suspect or area); (of a criminal) to ransack (a place) usually in order to commit robbery.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search a place or receptacle thoroughly
asearch1382
searcha1387
ransacka1400
ripea1400
upripe?a1400
riflec1400
ruffle1440
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rig1572
rake1618
rummage1621
haul1666
fish1727
call1806
ratch1859
to turn over1859
to go through ——1861
rifle1894
rancel1899
to take apart1920
fine-tooth comb1949
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] > search with a view to robbing
ransacka1325
mousec1580
ranshackle1605
to turn over1859
ramshack1893
rat1906
1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 112 Turned over, to be stopped and searched by the police.
1925 N. Lucas Autobiogr. Crook vii. 105 Crooks go ‘drumming’ in pairs, dressed as clerks or messengers... Should they find an office left unoccupied during the lunch hour they quickly and skilfully ‘turn it over’.
1960 Observer 25 Dec. 7/6 The drummers, those squalid daytime operators who turn over empty semi-detached villas while the housewives are out shopping.
1971 It 2–16 June 5/1 Heath orders Habershon of Barnet CID to ‘turn London over’. And he does exactly that..with 500 goons and a score of specially trained dogs.
2001 I. Sinclair Landor's Tower (2002) iii. iii. 334 The police had turned the place over, tipping out all his papers.
b. transitive. Criminals' slang. To examine or cross-question (a prisoner) severely. rare.
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1930 Daily Express 6 Nov. 1/3 That night a surprise visit was paid to the draughtsman's cell. He was ‘turned over’, in prison slang.
9. transitive. colloquial (chiefly British). To distress, upset (a person); to affect (a person) with nausea. Cf. to turn up 8 at Phrasal verbs 1.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > upset or perturb [verb (transitive)]
to-wendc893
mingeOE
dreveOE
angerc1175
sturb?c1225
worec1225
troublec1230
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disturbc1305
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disturblec1330
drubblea1340
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tempestc1374
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unresta1382
stroublec1384
unquietc1384
conturb1393
mismaya1400
unquemea1400
uneasec1400
discomfita1425
smite?a1425
perturbc1425
pertrouble?1435
inquiet1486
toss1526
alter1529
disquiet1530
turmoil1530
perturbate1533
broil1548
mis-set?1553
shake1567
parbruilyiec1586
agitate1587
roil1590
transpose1594
discompose1603
harrow1609
hurry1611
obturb1623
shog1636
untune1638
alarm1649
disorder1655
begruntlea1670
pother1692
disconcert1695
ruffle1701
tempestuate1702
rough1777
caddle1781
to put out1796
upset1805
discomfort1806
start1821
faze1830
bother1832
to put aback1833
to put about1843
raft1844
queer1845
rattle1865
to turn over1865
untranquillize1874
hack1881
rock1881
to shake up1884
to put off1909
to go (also pass) through a phase1913
to weird out1970
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (transitive)] > nausea > cause nausea
to turn up1578
stomach1796
to turn over1865
1865 C. Dickens Dr. Marigold's Prescriptions: To be Taken for Life in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 7 Dec. 47/2 The discovery turned me over.
1962 N. Streatfeild Apple Bough ix. 126 Proper turned me over, you did. I don't want to lose my old man yet.
2004 J. Burchill Sugar Rush (2005) 30 She shuddered. ‘It still turns me over just thinking about it!’
10.
a. transitive. To move or operate the rotating parts of (an engine), esp. the crankshaft; to cause (the rotating parts of an engine, propeller, etc.) to revolve, esp. in preparation for its continuous operation.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > operate engine [verb (transitive)] > cause to revolve
to turn over1881
1881 Northwestern Miller 7 Jan. 1/1 Turn the engine over by hand to see that everything is free, then open the throttle valve and allow the engine to run for a few minutes.
1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ v. 75 Learning how to turn the propellers over in starting the engine.
1946 Cosmopolitan Oct. 74/1 A self-starter wouldn't have stood a chance of turning over a recalcitrant Model-T engine anyhow.
2013 Master Detective Apr. 6/1 Sighing deeply, she inserted the ignition key, and turned the engine over.
b. intransitive. Of an engine: to undergo one or more rotations of its revolving parts (esp. the crankshaft) without running continuously, or in preparation for doing so.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > of an engine: operative [verb (intransitive)] > revolve
to turn over1893
1893 Engineer (N.Y.) 5 Aug. 27/2 If the engine starts or turns over hard, block open the safety valve, and keep using the naphtha pump; this allows the pressure to go through the engine.
1905 Motor Nov. 100/3 The best plan..is to switch off the spark and open the compression cocks, letting the motor turn over a few times before unclutching.
1943 M. Millar Wall of Eyes (1989) xvii. 205 The ignition key wouldn't fit the lock and when it did the engine wouldn't turn over.
2011 C. Taylor Londoners 419 I suppose it sounds like an old chugger, an old banger, it's just a diesel engine turning over.
11. transitive. Printing. To carry over (a letter, part of a word, etc.) to the next line.
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society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > compose [verb (transitive)] > move to next line or page
overrun1683
to turn over1904
1904 J. H. Murray & H. Bradley Hart's Rules for Compositors (ed. 18) 61 Mute syllables may be turned over to the next line, thus: ils mar-quent, les hom-mes.
1925 Hart's Rules for Compositors & Readers (ed. 27) 64 In most divisions it is the consonantal letter that should be turned over.
1981 I. A. Gordon in N.Z. Listener 14–20 Feb. The fragmented word is ‘turned over’ into the following line.
12. transitive. Sport (originally North American). To lose possession of (the ball or puck) to the opposing team; to give away (possession) in this way.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > play team ball games [verb (transitive)] > actions or manoeuvres
pass1865
to throw in1867
work1868
centre1877
shoot1882
field1883
tackle1884
chip1889
feed1889
screen1906
fake1907
slap1912
to turn over1921
tip-in1958
to lay off1965
spill1975
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > play American football [verb (transitive)] > actions to ball
return1884
snap1887
drive1889
centre1895
to turn over1921
convert1932
lateral1932
snag1942
shovel pass1948
bootleg1951
squib1966
to take a (also the) knee1972
spike1976
1921 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Sunday Leader 13 Nov. 2/2 One side or the other had to turn the ball over for not making their downs.
1979 Honolulu Advertiser 8 Jan. c4/1 We turned over the ball and we just didn't score.
1994 M. Kane Minor in Name Only xv. 156 The Bears were trying to get Laforest off for an extra attacker, but turned the puck over to Merkosky, who sent Shank in.
1997 Observer 9 Feb. (Sport section) 7/2 They'd turned over possession to the opposition on 16 occasions.
2017 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 3 Jan. d1 Austin Rivers turned the ball over to Bledsoe, whose long pass downcourt resulted in an easy basket.
13. intransitive. Originally and chiefly British and Irish English. To change the channel on a radio or television set; to change to a different channel, station, or programme.
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society > communication > broadcasting > putting on or producing broadcast > put on or produce broadcast [verb (intransitive)] > switch channel
switch1937
to turn over1958
zap1983
graze1986
1958 Irish Times 18 Aug. 6/6 You can..listen to a symphony concert on the radio without Small Brother nagging you to turn over to Radio Luxembourg.
1960 Spectator 8 Apr. 508/2 A viewer may decide to turn over to ITV.
1987 Guardian 6 May 13/7 Nurse turns over when the..news comes on—too violent for us to watch apparently.
2005 Yorks. Evening Post (Nexis) 1 Aug. My morning routine started off by tuning into Radio 2 and Wogan, then at nine o' clock I turned over to Radio Leeds and John Boyd.
2007 Esquire Oct. 104/1 A number of viewers would have turned over—some of them in disgust, and some of them just because they wanted to watch Wimbledon.
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