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Look up: turn

  1. turn
    a short play with an odd twist or a starring focus. Example: 'Wandering,' a turn by Lanford Wilson, 2m1f.
    Found on http://www.heniford.net/1234/glossgen.ht

  2. turn
    [n] - (in sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive 2. [n] - an unforeseen development 3. [n] - a favor for someone 4. [n] - the activity of doing something in an agreed succession 5. [n] - the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course 6. [n] - turning away or in the opposite direction 7. [n] - taking a short walk out and back 8. [v] - cause to change or turn into something different 9. [v] - accomplish by rotating 10. [v] - get by buying and selling 11. [v] - move around an axis or a center 12. [v] - cause to move along an axis or into a new direction 13. [v] - cause to move around or rotate 14. [v] - cause to move around a center so as to show another side of 15. [v] - to send or let go 16. [v] - channel one`s attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something 17. [v] - pass to the other side of 18. [v] - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense 19. [v] - shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel 20. [v] - let (something) fall or spill a container 21. [v] - alter the functioning or setting of 22. [v] - direct at someone 23. [v] - change color, as of leaves in the Fall 24. [v] - become officially one year older 25. [v] - pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Turn
    The difference between the buy and sell price of a security. Is the margin made.
    Found on http://www.investment-glossary.co.uk/tur

  4. Turn
    To backhand hit the ball away from the goal being defended.
    Found on http://www.ulu.co.uk/polo/content/index.

  5. Turn
    The reference to the fourth community card in Hold'em and Omaha.
    Found on http://www.internet-poker.co.uk/Poker-Gl

  6. TURN
    (messaging, protocol) An SMTP command with which a client asks the server to open an SMTP connection to the client, thus reversing their roles. Superseded by ETRN. (1997-11-21)
    Found on

  7. turn
    the ignition coil has a primary winding of a few hundred -- of relatively heavy wire. Category: Electrical engineering and energy • the process of cutting off chips with a tool,whereby the workpiece rotates in relation to the tool,the work surface(generally)being an outward or inward faced rotating surface-in boarderline cases plane-whose axis is concentric with the axis of the cutting...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Turn
    Definition (keystage 2) To go round. One turn is a rotation of 360 degrees,<br />a full circle.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  9. turn
    1. To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head. 'Turn the ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. turn
    bout noun (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. turn
    twist noun an unforeseen development; `events suddenly took an awkward turn`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. turn
    noun a favor for someone; `he did me a good turn`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. turn
    noun the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; `he took a turn to the right`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. turn
    verb undergo a change or development; `The water turned into ice`; `Her former friend became her worst enemy`; `He turned traitor`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. turn
    verb go sour or spoil; `The milk has soured`; `The wine worked`; `The cream has turned--we have to throw it out`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. turn
    bit noun a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; `he did his act three times every evening`; `she had a catchy little routine`; `it was one of the best numbers he ever did`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. Turn
    `Turn` may refer to: *Turn, a change of the direction of a movement or a change in orientation, and it is often also used in a metaphorical sense, contrary to straight *Turn, a verb meaning to spoil or go off In `games`: *Turn, a player's time to participate, see Game mechanics#Turns ** see also turn-based game *Turn (poker), the fourth of five community cards dealt In `science`: *Turn (geometry), a unit of angular measure equal to 360š *Tur...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn

  18. Turn
    • (v. t.) To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass around by turning; as, to turn a corner. • (v. i.) To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road. • (v. i.) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. Turn
    In the equities market, a reversal; unwind.
    Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg

  20. Turn
    To machine on a lathe.
    Found on http://www.allmetalcorp.com/htm/pg8_8_00

  21. turn
    1. a circular segment of a curve
    2. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
    3. the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
    4. an unforeseen development
    5. a movement in a new direction
    6. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
    7. (in sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
    8. a short theatrical performa...
      Found on

    9. turn
      another name for a revolution, that is, a unit of angle measure equal to 360°.
      Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictT.

    10. turn
      conductor formed into a curve with the end points close together but not coincident
      Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

    11. turn
      a conductor or group of conductors formed into a single conducting loop NOTE - The conductor may consist of a number of strands or laminations. Each strand or lamination is in the form of wire, rod, strip or bar, depending on its cross-section. Each individual strand or lamination may be uninsulated or insulated, e.g. to reduce eddy currents.
      Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

    12. Turn
      The fourth community card. Put out face up, by itself. Also known as 'fourth street.'
      Found on http://www.conjelco.com/pokglossary.html


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