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[turn] 
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turn
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve, curve |
| Synonyms: | arc, bend, circle, circulate, circumduct, come around, corner, cut, eddy, go around, go round, ground, gyrate, gyre, hang a left, hang a right, incline, loop, make a left, make a right, move in a circle, negotiate, orbit, oscillate, pass, pass around, pirouette, pivot, roll, rotate, round, spin, sway, swing, swivel, take a bend, twirl, twist, vibrate, weave, wheel, whirl, wind, yaw |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adapt, fit |
| Synonyms: | alter, become, change, change into, come, convert, divert, fashion, form, get, go, grow into, metamorphose, modify, mold, mutate, pass into, put, refashion, remake, remodel, render, run, shape, transfigure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose, vary, wax |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become sour or tainted |
| Synonyms: | acidify, become rancid, break down, crumble, curdle, decay, decompose, disintegrate, dull, ferment, go bad, molder, putrefy, rot, sour, spoil, taint |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use; resort to |
| Synonyms: | address, appeal, apply, approach, be predisposed to, bend, devote, direct, employ, favor, give, go, have recourse, incline, lend, look, prefer, recur, repair, run, tend, throw, turn one's energies to, turn one's hand to, undertake, utilize |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sicken |
| Synonyms: | derange, discompose, disgust, disorder, make one sick, nauseate, revolt, unbalance, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset |
| Antonyms: | make well |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change one's mind; defect |
| Synonyms: | apostatize, bring round, change sides, desert, go over, influence, persuade, prejudice, prevail upon, rat, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, talk into, tergiversate, tergiverse |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist a body part |
| Synonyms: | bruise, crick, dislocate, hurt, sprain, strain, wrench |
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devote effort to something |
| Synonyms: | apply oneself to, attend to, concentrate on, devote oneself to, dig, direct, engage in, focus on, give, go at, go for, hammer away, have a go at, have at, knuckle down to, peg away, pitch into, plug away at, take care of, take up, throw oneself into, try, turn, turn to, undertake |
| Antonyms: | avoid, cut, disregard, ignore, overlook, pass, shun, slight |
| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, correct mid-course, develop, dial back, diversify, doctor, fine tune, make different, metamorphose, modify, mutate, phony up, recalibrate, recast, reconstruct, refashion, reform, remodel, renovate, reshape, revamp, revise, shift, transform, transmute, turn, vary |
| Antonyms: | continue, fix, keep, let stand, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain |
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