turn | Lernwerd

Forms

1.To make a non-linear physical movement.
- She turned right at the corner.
- The farmer turned the cows into a field.
- I fell off my bike and turned my ankle severely.
2.To change condition or attitude.
- The leaves turn brown in autumn.
- Charlie turns six on September 29.
- The prisoners turned on the warden.
3.To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.
4.To complete.
- They say they can turn the parts in two days.

1.A change of direction or orientation.
- Give the handle a turn, then pull it.
- With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where[…]lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he smiled and also shrugged a shoulder.
2.A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
3.A walk to and fro.
- Let's take a turn in the garden.
- "I've made a turn round the place, sir, and the light was on," was the reply.
4.A chance to use something shared in sequence with others.
- They took turns playing with the new toy.
- With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where[…]lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he smiled and also shrugged a shoulder.

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-nos

Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁nos

Proto-Hellenic *tórnos

Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor.

Latin tornus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti