TURN

To change orientation or direction

Example: "Turn towards me"

• move  9

• twist  8
• flip  9
• flip over
• turn over
• • turn on a dime
  • roll  4
  • turn over
  • roll over
  • swing about
  • swing around
  • turn around
  • flip  9
  • toss  4
  • port  6
  • face  9
  • turn off
  • turn away
  • gee  4
  • about-face
  • caracole  12
  • corner  8
  • overturn  11
  • tip over
  • tump over
  • turn over
  • bend  7
  • curve  10
  • cut  5
  • sheer  8
  • slew  7
  • slue  4
  • swerve  12
  • trend  6
  • veer  7
  • deflect  13
  • bend  7
  • deflect  13
  • turn away
  • avert  8
  • turn away
  • rotate  6
  • splay  10
  • turn out
  • circumvolve  23
  • rotate  6
  • pivot  10
  • swivel  12
  • coil  6
  • gyrate  10
  • spiral  8
  • corkscrew  20
  • spiral  8
  • deviate  11
  • divert  10
  • pronate  9
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Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action

Example: "We turned from socialism to capitalism"

• change state

• change  12

• arouse  6
• awake  12
• awaken  13
• come alive
• • wake  11
  • wake up
  • waken  12
  • black out
  • pass out
  • zonk out
  • come to
  • resuscitate  13
  • revive  12
  • tense  5
  • tense up
  • decompress  17
  • loosen up
  • relax  12
  • slow down
  • unbend  9
  • unwind  10
  • melt off
  • reduce  9
  • slenderize  20
  • slim  6
  • slim down
  • thin  7
  • gain  5
  • apparel  11
  • clothe  11
  • dress  6
  • enclothe  13
  • fit out
  • garb  7
  • garment  10
  • habilitate  15
  • raiment  9
  • tog  4
  • cross-fertilise
  • cross-fertilize
  • conceive  15
  • secularise  12
  • secularize  21
  • citrate  9
  • equilibrate  22
  • fall  7
  • become  12
  • get  4
  • go  3
  • decline  10
  • worsen  9
  • ameliorate  12
  • better  8
  • improve  14
  • meliorate  11
  • disengage  12
  • overgrow  15
  • concentrate  15
  • break  11
  • acetify  15
  • acidify  16
  • alkalify  18
  • alkalise  12
  • alkalize  21
  • basify  14
  • ionise  6
  • ionize  15
  • ossify  12
  • catalyse  13
  • catalyze  22
  • get worse
  • relapse  9
  • fluctuate  14
  • break loose
  • burst forth
  • explode  17
  • buy the farm
  • cash in one's chips
  • choke  14
  • conk  10
  • croak  11
  • decease  10
  • die  4
  • exit  11
  • expire  15
  • give-up the ghost
  • go  3
  • kick the bucket
  • pass  6
  • pass away
  • perish  11
  • pop off
  • snuff it
  • be born
  • cloud over
  • carbonise  13
  • carbonize  22
  • chill  10
  • cool  6
  • cool down
  • heat  7
  • heat up
  • hot up
  • carbonise  13
  • carbonize  22
  • carburise  13
  • carburize  22
  • freeze  18
  • boil  6
  • burn  6
  • combust  13
  • emaciate  12
  • frenchify  23
  • thin  7
  • inspissate  12
  • thicken  16
  • solvate  10
  • react  7
  • dissolve  12
  • fade away
  • fade out
  • discharge  16
  • empty  12
  • fill  7
  • fill up
  • homogenise  16
  • homogenize  25
  • homogenise  16
  • homogenize  25
  • clabber  13
  • clot  6
  • curdle  9
  • clot  6
  • coagulate  12
  • ferment  12
  • sour  4
  • turn  4
  • work  11
  • integrate  10
  • precipitate  17
  • calcify  17
  • coke  10
  • carnify  15
  • chondrify  21
  • emulsify  16
  • denitrify  16
  • esterify  14
  • etherify  17
  • thrombose  16
  • open  6
  • open up
  • close  7
  • shut  7
  • sorb  6
  • calm  8
  • calm down
  • chill out
  • cool it
  • cool off
  • settle down
  • simmer down
  • flourish  14
  • fly high
  • prosper  11
  • thrive  12
  • emancipate  16
  • liberate  10
  • get into
  • tangle with
  • liquefy  22
  • catch fire
  • combust  13
  • conflagrate  17
  • erupt  7
  • ignite  7
  • take fire
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Undergo a change or development

Example: "The water turned into ice"

• become  12

• metamorphose  21
• transform  14
• transmute  11

• boil down
• come down
• reduce  9
• choke  14
• • suffocate  17
  • nucleate  10
  • add up
  • amount  8
  • come  8
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Cause to move around or rotate

Example: "Turn a key"

• displace  13
• move  9

• reorient  8
• supinate  10
• port  6

Change to the contrary

Example: "The trend was reversed"

• change by reversal
• reverse  10

• change  12

• alternate  9
• flip  9
• flip-flop
• interchange  17
• • switch  14
  • tack  10
  • turn the tables
  • turn the tide
  • commutate  15
  • exchange  21
  • switch  14
  • switch over
  • correct  11
  • rectify  15
  • right  9
  • falsify  16
  • commute  13
  • permute  11
  • transpose  11
  • metamorphose  21
  • transfigure  15
  • transmogrify  21
  • regress  8
  • retrovert  12
  • return  6
  • revert  9
  • turn back
  • desynchronise
  • desynchronize
  • deconsecrate  17
  • desecrate  12
  • unhallow  14
  • undo  5
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Pass to the other side of

Example: "Turn the corner"

• move around

Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

Example: "The weather turned nasty"

• grow  8

• change  12

• bald  7
• turn  4

Let (something) fall or spill from a container

Example: "Turn the flour onto a plate"

• release  7

• channel  12
• channelise  15
• channelize  24
• transfer  11
• transmit  10
• transport  11

• deflate  11
• throw  11

Move around an axis or a center

Example: "The wheels are turning"

• move  9

• revolve  13
• rotate  6

Cause to move around a center so as to show another side of

Example: "Turn a page of a book"

• turn over

• displace  13
• move  9

• evert  8
• leaf  7

To send or let go

Example: "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"

To break and turn over earth especially with a plow

Example: "Farmer jones plowed his east field last week"

• plough  12
• plow  9

• till  4

• ridge  7
• disk  9
• harrow  12

Shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel

Example: "Turn the legs of the table"

Change color

Example: "In vermont, the leaves turn early"

Twist suddenly so as to sprain

Example: "Wrench one's ankle"

• rick  10
• sprain  8
• twist  8
• wrench  14
• wrick  14

Cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics

Example: "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"

Accomplish by rotating

Example: "Turn a somersault"

Get by buying and selling

Example: "The company turned a good profit after a year"

Cause to move along an axis or into a new direction

Example: "Turn your face to the wall"

• displace  13
• move  9

• bring about

Channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something

Example: "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"

Cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form

Example: "Bend the rod"

• bend  7
• deform  12
• flex  14
• twist  8

• change form
• change shape
• deform  12

• dent  5
• indent  7
• incurvate  14
• gnarl  6
• • crank  11
  • convolute  14
  • convolve  16
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Alter the functioning or setting of

Example: "Turn the dial to 10"

Direct at someone

Example: "She turned a smile on me"

Have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to

Example: "She called on her representative to help her"

• call on

Go sour or spoil

Example: "The milk has soured"

• ferment  12
• sour  4
• work  11

Become officially one year older

Example: "She is turning 50 this year"