turn+about
111turn your nose up (at something) — informal phrase to refuse to accept something, especially because you do not think it is good enough We offered her a perfectly good job, and she turned her nose up at it. Thesaurus: to refuse to think about, believe or accept somethingsynonym… …
112turn|ing — «TUR nihng», noun. 1. a movement about an axis or center; rotation. 2. a place or point where a road, path, or other way turns, or turns off. 3. the act or art of shaping things on a lathe. 4. Figurative. shaping, molding, or fashioning (of an… …
113about-face — [n] change in direction changeabout, double, doubleback, reversal, reverse, turn, turnabout, volte face; concept 697 …
114turn — turn1 [ tɜrn ] verb *** ▸ 1 change position ▸ 2 change direction ▸ 3 make circular movement ▸ 4 do/become something else ▸ 5 become particular age ▸ 6 move page to other side ▸ 7 about stomach ▸ 8 milk: become sour ▸ 9 affect game/fight ▸ 10… …
115turn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Anglo French turner, tourner to turn, from… …
116turn — 1 verb CHANGE DIRECTION/POSITION 1 a) YOUR BODY (I) to move your body so that you are looking in a different direction: Ricky turned and walked away. (+ around/round/away etc): I turned around quickly to see if someone was following. | Dan turned …
117turn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rotation, revolution; twirl, twist; deflection, diversion; coil, convulsion; change; crisis; aptitude, ability, skill; act, skit; spell, shift, tour, trick. v. revolve, rotate, pivot; reel; rebel,… …
118Turn! Turn! Turn! (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Turn! Turn! Turn! Type =studio Artist = The Byrds Released = December 6 1965 Recorded = August 23–November 1 1965 Genre = Folk rock Length = 30:24 Label = Columbia/Legacy Producer = Terry Melcher Reviews = * Allmusic… …
119turn — turn1 W1S1 [tə:n US tə:rn] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(your body)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(direction)¦ 4¦(move around central point)¦ 5¦(change)¦ 6¦(attention/thoughts)¦ 7 turn your back (on somebody/something) 8¦(age/time)¦ 9 turn something inside out …
120turn — [[t]tɜrn[/t]] v. t. 1) to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel[/ex] 2) to cause to move around or partly around, as for the purpose of opening, closing, or tightening: to turn a key[/ex] 3) to reverse the… …
