turning lathe noun

turning point noun

1. The point at which anything turns in its course
2. A maximum or minimum point on a graph
3. A critical point

turnˈing-saw noun

A sweep-saw, a thin-bladed saw held taut in a frame, used for cutting in curves

turnˈkey noun

1. An under-jailer
2. A turncock
3. (a contract for) a job in which the contractor is to complete the entire operation, leaving the building, plant, etc ready for use (also adjective)

adjective (computing)

Designed and ready for immediate use by the purchaser, as in turnkey system or package (computing) a computer system complete with hardware and software, usu designed, installed, tested and maintained by the supplier and ready for immediate use by the purchaser

turnˈoff or turnˈ-off noun

1. A smaller road leading from a main one
2. See also turn off below

turn-on see turn on below.

turnˈout noun

1. A muster or assembly
2. The number of people attending a meeting or voting in an election
3. A coming on duty
4. A call to come on duty
5. A getting out of bed
6. A place in a road where a vehicle can be turned round (N American)
7. A siding, passing place, or turning place (archaic)
8. A movable tapered rail for changing to another track
9. A carriage and its horses, a team
10. Output
11. Get-up, outfit (of clothes)
12. A display (of goods, equipment, etc)
13. A strike (archaic)
14. A striker (archaic)

turnˈover noun

1. A turning over
2. A transference
3. A part folded over
4. A newspaper article begun on the front page and continued overleaf
5. A small pie made by folding over the crust
6. A small shawl (archaic)
7. An apprentice transferred to a new employer to complete the apprenticeship (dialect)
8. The total amount of money changing hands in a business
9. The number of employees starting or finishing employment at a particular place of work over a given period
10. The money value of total sales over a period
11. (in sports such as rugby and American football) loss of possession of the ball by a team, due to error or breach of a rule

adjective

Folded over, or made to fold over

turnover tax noun

A tax paid every time goods change hands during manufacture and marketing

turnˈ-penny noun (archaic)

Someone who is eager for profit

turnˈpike noun

1. A spiked barrier (historical)
2. A turnstile (obsolete)
3. A tollgate or road with a tollgate (historical)
4. A motorway on which tolls are paid (US)
5. A spiral stair (also turnpike stair; Scot)

turnpike man noun (historical)

A tollgate keeper

turnpike road noun

1. A road on which there are or were tollgates
2. A main road

turnˈround or turnˈaround noun

1. A turning round
2. The whole process of a ship, aircraft, etc docking or landing, unloading, taking on cargo, passengers or both, and setting off again
3. Generally, the whole process of dealing with something and passing it on to the next stage
4. A complete reversal of direction

turnˈ-screw noun (archaic)

A screwdriver

turnˈskin noun (archaic)

A werewolf

turnˈspit noun

1. A person who turns a spit
2. A long-bodied, short-legged dog employed to drive a wheel by which roasting-spits were turned
3. A spit, roasting jack

turnˈstile noun

A revolving frame that allows one person to pass at a time

turnˈstone noun

A bird (genus Arenaria), related to the plover and sandpiper, that turns over pebbles on the beach in search of food

turnˈtable noun

A rotating table, platform, disc or pair of rings, one rotating within another, used for turning a locomotive, carrying a record on a record player, cementing a microscope slide, turning a camera, etc

turntable ladder noun

A rotatable ladder mounted on a fire engine

turnˈtablist noun

A performer who uses the turntable of a record player to create innovative sounds

turnˈ-up (or /tûrn-upˈ/) noun

1. A disturbance
2. A thing or part that is turned up, esp the cuff at the bottom of a trouser-leg
3. An unexpected or fortuitous result or occurrence
4. A piece of good luck

adjective

Turned up

a good (or bad) turn

A helpful service (or a disservice)

at every turn

1. Everywhere
2. Incessantly

by turns

1. One after another
2. At intervals

in one's turn

When it is one's occasion, opportunity, duty, etc

in turn

One after another, in succession

not turn a hair

To be quite undisturbed or unaffected

on the turn

1. At the turning point, changing
2. On the point of turning sour

serve its or one's turn

1. To answer the purpose
2. To do well enough

speak or talk out of turn

To say something indiscreet or tactless

take a turn

1. To go for a stroll
2. To have a go (informal)

(take) a turn for the better (or worse)

(to make) an improvement (or a deterioration)

take one's turn or take turns

To participate in rotation

to a turn

Exactly, perfectly (as if of the spit)

turn about

1. To face round to the opposite direction
2. To spin, rotate

turn about or turn and turn about

1. Alternately
2. In rotation

turn adrift

1. To unmoor and let float away
2. To cast off

turn again

1. To turn back
2. To revert

turn against

1. To use to the injury of
2. To render hostile to
3. To rebel against

turn an enemy's flank, line or position

1. To manoeuvre so as to attack in the rear
2. To outwit

turn an honest penny see under penny

turn around see turn round below.

turn aside

1. To avert
2. To deviate
3. To avert the face

turn away

1. To dismiss from service, to discharge
2. To avert, to turn or look in another direction
3. To deviate, to depart
4. To refuse admittance to
5. To reject, send away

turn back

1. To cause to retreat
2. To return
3. To fold back

turn colour

To change colour

turn down

1. To bend, double, or fold down
2. To invert
3. To lower (a light, volume on a radio, etc)
4. To reject

turn forth

To expel

turn in

1. To bend inward
2. To enter
3. To register (a score)
4. To surrender, hand over voluntarily (turnˈ-in noun)
5. To go to bed (informal)

turn in on oneself

To become introverted

turn into

To become by a process of change

turn it up or in

Stop (saying) it (imperative; informal)

turn King's or Queen's evidence see under evident

turn loose

To set at liberty

turn of events

Course or direction of events

turn off

1. To deviate
2. To dismiss
3. To divert
4. To complete, achieve by labour
5. To shut or switch off
6. To make (someone) lose interest or enthusiasm, to bore, be disliked by or distasteful to (turnˈ-off noun; slang)
7. To give in marriage (archaic)
8. To hang (obs sl)

turn of speed

A burst of speed

turn of the century or year

The period of the end of one century or year and the beginning of the next

turn on

1. To set running (eg the flow of water)
2. To set in operation by switching on (also figurative)
3. To depend on
4. To turn towards and attack (physically or verbally)
5. To give (a person) a sense of heightened awareness and vitality, as do hallucinogenic drugs (slang)
6. To rouse the interest of, excite, esp sexually (turnˈ-on noun; slang)

turn one's back on

To abandon or reject

turn one's hand to

To apply oneself to

turn out

1. To bend outwards
2. To drive out, to expel
3. To remove the contents of
4. To dress, groom, take care of the appearance of
5. To put (cattle, etc) to pasture
6. To produce and put forth
7. To prove in the result
8. To muster
9. To go on strike
10. To switch off (a light)
11. To get out of bed (informal)
12. To go out of doors (informal)

turn over

1. To roll over
2. To set the other way up
3. To change sides
4. To hand over, pass on
5. To change the function of
6. To handle or do business to the amount of
7. To examine by turning the pages
8. To ponder
9. To rob (slang)
10. To start up (an engine)

turn round or around

1. Of a ship, aircraft, etc, to arrive, unload, reload and leave again
2. To reverse the course or direction of
3. To reverse the fortunes of (figurative)

turn tail see under tail¹

turn someone round one's little finger same as twist someone round one's little finger (see under finger).

turn someone's head or brain

1. To make someone giddy
2. To infatuate with success

turn the other cheek

To accept harm, violence, etc without defending oneself

turn the scale

To decide, determine

turn the stomach

To nauseate

turn the tables see under table

turn to

1. To have recourse to
2. To point to
3. To result in
4. To change or be changed into
5. To set to work

turn turtle see under turtle¹

turn up

1. To point upwards
2. To fold upwards
3. To come or bring to light
4. To arrive or appear (by chance)
5. To set face up
6. To invert
7. To grub up
8. To disturb
9. To strengthen or increase (eg the level of light, radio volume, etc)
10. To refer to, look up
11. To disgust (informal)

turn-up for the book or books

A totally unexpected (usu pleasant) occurrence

turn upon

1. To cast back upon, retort
2. To hinge on