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turn
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??n/
- (General American) enPR: tûrn, IPA(key): /t?n/
- Homophones: tern, tarn
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
Etymology 1
From Middle English turnen, from Old English turnian, tyrnan (“to turn, rotate, revolve”) and Old French torner (“to turn”), both from Latin torn?re (“to round off, turn in a lathe”), from tornus (“lathe”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (tórnos, “turning-lathe: a tool used for making circles”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh?- (“to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist, bore”). Cognate with Old English þr?wan (“to turn, twist, wind”). Displaced native Old English wendan.
Verb
turn (third-person singular simple present turns, present participle turning, simple past and past participle turned or (obsolete) turnt)
- To make a non-linear physical movement.
- (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. […]."
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- (intransitive) to change one's direction of travel.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to change the course of.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- (intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
- (copulative) To become (begin to be).
- Synonyms: become, get
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- 2017, Michael J. Totten, Into the Wasteland: A Zombie Novel
- His companions had turned him on purpose. Annie, bless her heart, was immune.
- 2017, Michael J. Totten, Into the Wasteland: A Zombie Novel
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- To reach a certain age.
- To hinge; to depend.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- To change personal condition.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (copulative) To become (begin to be).
- (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
- (archaic) To translate.
- 1735, Alexander Pope, The Prologue to the Satires
- who turns a Persian tale for half a crown
- 1735, Alexander Pope, The Prologue to the Satires
- (transitive, role-playing games) To magically or divinely attack undead.
Synonyms
- (move around an axis through itself): rotate, spin, twirl
- (change the direction or orientation of): rotate
- (change one's direction of travel): steer, swerve, tack
- (nautical)
- (position (something) by folding it back on itself):
- (become): become, get, go
- (rebel): rebel, revolt
- (shape on a lathe): lathe
- (go bad): go bad, go off, sour, spoil
- (complete): complete
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Partly from Anglo-Norman *torn, from Latin turnus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (tórnos), and partly an action noun from the verb turn.
Noun
turn (plural turns)
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A walk to and fro.
- Synonym: promenade
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- 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.
- The time required to complete a project.
- Synonym: turnaround
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- Character; personality; nature.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- 1960, Theatre Notebook (volumes 14-16, page 122)
- Between the pieces were individual turns, comic songs and dances.
- 1960, Theatre Notebook (volumes 14-16, page 122)
- (printing, dated) A type turned upside down to serve for another character that is not available.
- (Britain, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- 1977, Michael Arthur Firth, Valuation of Shares and the Efficient-markets Theory (page 11)
- There are usually at least two jobbers who specialise in the leading stocks, and this acts to keep the jobber's turn to a reasonable amount […]
- 1977, Michael Arthur Firth, Valuation of Shares and the Efficient-markets Theory (page 11)
Synonyms
- (change of direction or orientation):
- (movement about an axis returning to the original orientation): 360° turn, complete rotation, complete turn, full rotation, full turn
- (single loop of a coil): loop
- (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others): go
- (one's chance to make a move in a game): go, move
- (figure in music):
- (time required to complete a project):
- (fit or period of giddiness): dizziness, dizzy spell, giddiness
- (change in temperament or circumstance): change, swing
- (sideways movement of a cricket ball):
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (t?n)
Translations
Derived terms
See also
- Appendix:Parts of the knot
- ornament
- trill
Anagrams
- runt
Finnish
Etymology
< English turn
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tø?n/, [?t?ø??n]
Noun
turn
- (poker) turn (fourth communal card in Texas hold'em)
Declension
Synonyms
- neljäs avokortti
Icelandic
Etymology
From Latin turris (“tower”). Cognate with Danish tårn and German Turm. First appears in the 12th or 13th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??rtn/
- Rhymes: -?rtn
Noun
turn m (genitive singular turns, nominative plural turnar)
- tower
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the verb turne; compare with German Turnen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???/
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
turn m (indeclinable) (uncountable)
- gymnastics (athletic discipline)
Related terms
- gymnastikk
- turner
References
- “turn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the verb turne
Noun
turn m (uncountable)
- gymnastics (athletic discipline)
Related terms
- gymnastikk
References
- “turn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Turm, from Latin turrem, accusative form of turris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /turn/
Noun
turn n (plural turnuri)
- tower
- (chess) rook
Declension
Synonyms
- (chess rook): tur?
See also
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throw
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: thr?, IPA(key): /????/, [??????]
- (US) enPR: thr?, IPA(key): /??o?/, [????o?]
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: throe
Etymology 1
From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þr?wan (“to turn, twist, curl, rack, torture, turn around”), from Proto-West Germanic *þr?an, from Proto-Germanic *þr?an? (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh?- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). Cognate with Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), West Frisian triuwe (“to push”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”), Danish dreje (“to turn”), Swedish dreja (“to turn”), Albanian dredh (“to turn, twist, tremble”), Bulgarian ??????????? (izt?rvávam, “to drop”).
Verb
throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw, past participle thrown)
- (transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
- Synonyms: bowl, bung, buzz, cast, catapult, chuck, dash, direct, fire, fling, flip, heave, hurl, launch, lob, pitch, project, propel, send, shoot, shy, sling, toss, whang
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- Synonyms: eject, throw off
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- Synonyms: displace, relocate
- (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- 2012, August 1. Peter Walker and Haroon Siddique in Guardian Unlimited, Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'
- Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
- Synonym: take a dive
- 2012, August 1. Peter Walker and Haroon Siddique in Guardian Unlimited, Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (figuratively) To send desperately.
- (transitive) To imprison.
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
- The plot of Felix was quickly discovered, and De Lacey and Agatha were thrown into prison.
- 1993, Margaret McKee, Fred Chisenhall, Beale black & blue: life and music on black America's main street - Page 30
- The standard method of dealing with an addict was to arrest him, throw him into a cell, and leave him until the agonizing pangs of withdrawal were over.
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
- To organize an event, especially a party.
- 1979, Working Mother, July 1979, Page 72[1]
- Should you be interested, for whatever reason, it will tell you how to throw a party for your 40-year-old husband or your 100-year-old great-grandmother. It also describes games that can be played at various kinds of parties […]
- 1979, Working Mother, July 1979, Page 72[1]
- (transitive, intransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- 1844, Samuel Laing translating Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla
- The kings came to the agreement between themselves that they would cast lots by the dice to determine who should have this property, and that he who threw the highest should have the district. The Swedish king threw two sixes, and said King Olaf need scarcely throw.
- 1844, Samuel Laing translating Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- 1844, Samuel Laing translating Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla
- The kings came to the agreement between themselves that they would cast lots by the dice to determine who should have this property, and that he who threw the highest should have the district. The Swedish king threw two sixes, and said King Olaf need scarcely throw.
- 1844, Samuel Laing translating Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- 1991, Janet L. Davies, Ellen Hastings Janosik, Mental health and psychiatric nursing: a caring approach
- Bill runs into the kitchen and tells Dad that Erik is throwing a tantrum. He tells Bill to go back and watch his program and to ignore his brother. Fifteen minutes later, Erik is still screaming […]
- 1996, New York Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 32, 19 Aug 1996; Entertaining Mrs Stone
- In 1975, pregnant with the second of her three children, she threw a hissy fit to get on a trip to Boston for elected officials.
- 1991, Janet L. Davies, Ellen Hastings Janosik, Mental health and psychiatric nursing: a caring approach
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tomlinson to this entry?)
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- 2009, Michael T. Lynch, Jr., It Ain't So: A Might-Have-Been History of the White Sox in 1919 and Beyond, page 63 ?ISBN
- I have a minor quibble with Gleason's decision to throw Lefty Williams in Game Eight with the Series in the balance.
- 2009, Michael T. Lynch, Jr., It Ain't So: A Might-Have-Been History of the White Sox in 1919 and Beyond, page 63 ?ISBN
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- 1860, Fredrika Bremer (trans. Mary Howitt), Life in the Old World, v. 1, p. 164.
- […] across the rapid smaragdus-green waters, pouring onward into the country, are thrown three bridges ...
- 1860, Fredrika Bremer (trans. Mary Howitt), Life in the Old World, v. 1, p. 164.
- (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
- (American football) Synonym of pass
- (transitive) (of a punch or boxing combination) to deliver
- 1941, Newsweek, Volume 18, p.54, [2]
- ···not only did I not want to throw a punch at him, I wanted to give him a solid silver token of thanks···
- 1941, Newsweek, Volume 18, p.54, [2]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:throw
Derived terms
Translations
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Noun
throw (plural throws)
- The flight of a thrown object.
- The act of throwing something.
- 2006, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl, Trends in Functional Programming (volume 5, page 62)
- If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression.
- 2006, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl, Trends in Functional Programming (volume 5, page 62)
- One's ability to throw.
- A distance travelled; displacement.
- 1947, James Jerome Gibson, Motion Picture Testing and Research (issue 7, page 49)
- The visibility of the screen image is affected by the length of throw of the projector, the type of projector, the intensity of the projector lamp, and the type of the screen.
- 1947, James Jerome Gibson, Motion Picture Testing and Research (issue 7, page 49)
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
Translations
Derived terms
- a stone's throw
- bike throw
- corner throw
- throw pillow
- throw-up
References
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[3]
Etymology 2
From Middle English throwe, alteration of thrawe, from Old English þr?wu (“labor pang, agony in childbirth or death”), akin to Old English þr?a (“affliction, pang”), þr?wan (“to suffer”). More at throe.
Noun
throw (plural throws)
- Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
Verb
throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw, past participle thrown)
- (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.
- 1916, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association: Volume 49
- At the end of the normal gestation period the cow threw two calf mummies as large as cats.
- 1916, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association: Volume 49
Etymology 3
From Middle English, from Old English þr?h, þr?g (“space of time, period, while”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Gothic ???????????????????????????? (þragjan, “to run”).
Noun
throw (plural throws)
- (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
- (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:
- Downe himselfe he layd / Vpon the grassie ground, to sleepe a throw; / The cold earth was his couch, the hard steele his pillow.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:
Synonyms
- stound
Etymology 4
Noun
throw (plural throws)
- Obsolete form of throe.
- 1806, The Evangelical Magazine (page 441)
- […] when we behold the fixed eye, the pale lips, the convulsive throws of death distorting the countenance; […]
- 1806, The Evangelical Magazine (page 441)
Anagrams
- -worth, Worth, whort, worth, wroth
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