| inglese > italiano | |
| turn | |
| 1. sost. svolta | |
| 2. sost. curva | |
| 3. verb. girare | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| turn | |
| 1. v. to make a non-linear physical movement.: |  |
| 2. v. (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. |  |
| the Earth turns; turn on the spot |  |
| 3. v. To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation. |  |
| Turn the knob clockwise. |  |
| 4. v. (intransitive) to change one's direction of travel. |  |
| She turned right at the corner. |  |
| 5. v. (intransitive, figuratively) to change the course of. |  |
| 6. v. To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe. |  |
| She turned the table legs with care and precision. |  |
| 7. v. (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt. |  |
| 8. v. To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds. |  |
| turn the bed covers; turn the pages |  |
| 9. v. (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material. |  |
| turn to page twenty; turn through the book |  |
| 10. v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces. |  |
| 11. v. (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces. |  |
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| 12. v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude. |  |
| 13. v. (copulative) To become (begin to be). |  |
| The leaves turn brown in autumn. When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty. |  |
| 14. v. To change the color of the leaves in the autumn. |  |
| The hillside behind our house isn't generally much to look at, but once all the trees turn it's gorgeous. |  |
| 15. v. To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. |  |
| Midas made everything turn to gold. He turned into a monster every full moon. |  |
| 16. v. # (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad. |  |
| # This milk has turned; it smells awful. |  |
| 17. v. # To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle. |  |
| # to turn cider or wine |  |
| 18. v. To reach a certain age. |  |
| Charlie turns six on September 29. |  |
| 19. v. To hinge; to depend. |  |
| The decision turns on a single fact. |  |
| 20. v. To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated. |  |
| The prisoners turned on the warden. |  |
| 21. v. To change personal condition. |  |
| 22. v. # (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa. |  |
| 23. v. # To become giddy; said of the head or brain. |  |
| 24. v. # To sicken; to nauseate. |  |
| # The sight turned my stomach. |  |
| 25. v. # To be nauseated; said of the stomach. |  |
| 26. v. #: |  |
| 27. v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach. |  |
| 28. v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete. |  |
| They say they can turn the parts in two days. |  |
| 29. v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control. |  |
| 30. v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe. |  |
| Ivory turns well. |  |
| 31. v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery. |  |
| 32. v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted. |  |
| 33. v. (archaic) To translate. |  |
| to turn the Iliad |  |
| 34. v. (transitive, role-playing games) To magically or divinely attack undead. |  |
| 35. subst. A change of direction or orientation. |  |
| Give the handle a turn, then pull it. |  |
| 36. subst. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation. |  |
| 37. subst. (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement. |  |
| 38. subst. A single loop of a coil. |  |
| 39. subst. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others. |  |
| They took turns playing with the new toy. |  |
| 40. subst. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule. |  |
| I cooked tonight, so it's your turn to do the dishes. |  |
| 41. subst. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players. |  |
| 42. subst. 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. |  |
| 43. subst. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project. |  |
| They quote a three-day turn on parts like those. |  |
| 44. subst. A fit or a period of giddiness. |  |
| I've had a funny turn. |  |
| 45. subst. A change in temperament or circumstance. |  |
| She took a turn for the worse. |  |
| 46. subst. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight). |  |
| 47. subst. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em. |  |
| 48. subst. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em. |  |
| 49. subst. A deed done to another. |  |
| One good turn deserves another. |  |
| I felt that the man was of a vindictive nature, and would do me an evil turn if he found the opportunitynb.... |  |
| 50. subst. (rope) A pass behind or through an object. |  |
| 51. subst. Character; personality; nature. |  |
| 52. subst. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control. |  |
| 53. subst. (circus, theatre, especially, physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| svoltare | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To turn |  |