Usually means: Change direction or change position.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. turn: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. turn, turn, turn, the turn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. turn: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. turn, the turn: Collins English Dictionary
  5. turn: Vocabulary.com
  6. Turn, turn: Wordnik
  7. turn: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. turn: Wiktionary
  9. turn: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. turn: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. turn: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. turn: Dictionary.com
  13. turn (n.), turn (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. turn: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Turn: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. turn: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. turn: Rhymezone
  19. turn: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. turn: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. turn: MyWord.info
  22. turn: Free Dictionary
  23. turn: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. turn: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. turn: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  3. Turn: Miniature Wargaming Glossary
  4. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Turn: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  4. turn: Legal dictionary
  5. Turn (knot), Turn: Financial dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TURN: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. turn: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. turn: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. TURN: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. turn: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  2. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. turn: The Folk File
  3. turn, the turn: Urban Dictionary

Sports (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Turn: Dan's Poker
  2. Turn: Backgammon
  3. Turn: Gambling Glossary
  4. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  5. Turn: Poker Terms
  6. turn: Golfer's Dictionary
  7. Turn: Sports Definitions

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Locksmith Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Fastener Terms (No longer online)
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  5. Turn: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To make a non-linear physical movement.
verb:  (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
verb:  (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
verb:  (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
verb:  (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
verb:  (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
verb:  (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
verb:  (transitive) To twist or sprain.
verb:  (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
verb:  (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
verb:  (intransitive or transitive) To change condition or attitude.
verb:  (copulative) To become (begin to be).
verb:  (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
verb:  To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
verb:  (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
verb:  (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
verb:  (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
verb:  (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
verb:  (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
verb:  To reach a certain age.
verb:  To hinge; to depend.
verb:  To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
verb:  To change personal condition.
verb:  (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
verb:  To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
verb:  To sicken; to nauseate.
verb:  To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
verb:  (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
verb:  (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
verb:  (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
verb:  (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
verb:  To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
verb:  (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
verb:  (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
verb:  (archaic) To translate.
verb:  (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
noun:  A change of direction or orientation.
noun:  A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
noun:  (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
noun:  A walk to and fro.
noun:  A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
noun:  A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
noun:  One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
noun:  A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
noun:  The time required to complete a project.
noun:  A fit or a period of giddiness.
noun:  A change in temperament or circumstance.
noun:  (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
noun:  (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
noun:  (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
noun:  A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
noun:  A single loop of a coil.
noun:  (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
noun:  Character; personality; nature.
noun:  (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
noun:  (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
noun:  (printing, dated) A type turned upside down to serve for another character that is not available.
noun:  (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.

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