"Turn" is a word in ENGLISH

To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory
turns well.

To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.

Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- used in a literal or
figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as,
the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation.

An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly
consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made,
with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being
sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last,
the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked
note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in
which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /.

One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of
occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend;
a meander.

A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it
began; a short walk; a stroll.

To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve
entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face
differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a
spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel.

A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called
from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which
was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.

Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of
kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.

To be deflected; to take a different direction or
tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be
transferred; as, to turn from the road.

• simang in CEBUANO

The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about,
a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.

Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not
serve his turn.

To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of
scales.

To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost;
to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of;
to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a
coat.

To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to
issue.

To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become
transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood
turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn
Mohammedan.

Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order,
position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn
of the tide.

Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with
another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or
incidental occasion; appropriate time.

To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to
turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to
give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round,
either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so
as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face
otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the
head.

To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary
substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.

A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every
hundred within his county.

To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to
facilitate delivery.

To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said
of the tide.

To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by
applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of
stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.

To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to
alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or
into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as,
to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn
prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian;
to turn good to evil, and the like.

A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a
pin or a cleat.

Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.

To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to
direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both
literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to
turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the
attention to or from something.

To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to
another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to
devote.

To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.

To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.

Monthly courses; menses.

A pit sunk in some part of a drift.

A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring
symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad
turn.

To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.

Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in
proper condition; to adapt.