turned
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- v change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face
She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs - v undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
We turned from Socialism to Capitalism
The people turned against the President when he stole the election - v undergo a change or development
The water turned into ice
He turned traitor - v cause to move around or rotate
- v change to the contrary
the tides turned against him
public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern - v pass to the other side of
- v pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
The weather turned nasty - v let (something) fall or spill from a container
- v move around an axis or a center
- v cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- v to send or let go
They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion - v to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- v shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- v change color
- v twist suddenly so as to sprain
I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days - v cause to change or turn into something different; assume new characteristics
The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him - v accomplish by rotating
- v get by buying and selling
the company turned a good profit after a year - v cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- v channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction - v cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- v alter the functioning or setting of
- v direct at someone
She turned a smile on me
They turned their flashlights on the car - v have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
She turned to her relatives for help - v go sour or spoil
The cream has turned--we have to throw it out - v become officially one year older
- a moved around an axis or center
- s in an unpalatable state
- Moreover, the way the company makes cars has turned the world's automotive industry on its ear.
- How the upheavals of 1968 turned a Vatican II reformer into an ardent conservative: What Should He Do? American Catholics suggest priorities for the new Pontiff.
- That spunky attitude has turned the young entertainer into an unlikely cause clbre for South Korea's growing women's rights movement.