| has gloss | (verb) change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"
turn |
| lexicalization | eng: turn |
| subclass of | (verb) move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
move |
| has subclass | (verb) turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head"
twist |
| has subclass | (verb) turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"
flip, turn over, flip over |
| has subclass | (verb) have a small turning radius; "My little subcompact car turns on a dime!"
turn on a dime |
| has subclass | (verb) move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
turn over, roll |
| has subclass | (verb) make a rolling motion or turn; "The dog rolled over"
roll over |
| has subclass | (verb) turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically; "He turned around to face his opponent"; "My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake"
swing about, swing around, turn around |
| has subclass | (verb) lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"
flip, toss |
| has subclass | (verb) turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship; "The big ship was slowly porting"
port |
| has subclass | (verb) turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now"
face |
| has subclass | (verb) make a turn; "turn off at the parking area"
turn off |
| has subclass | (verb) move so as not face somebody or something
turn away |
| has subclass | (verb) turn to the right side; "the horse geed"
gee |
| has subclass | (verb) turn, usually 180 degrees
about-face |
| has subclass | (verb) make a half turn on a horse, in dressage
caracole |
| has subclass | (verb) turn a corner; "the car corners"
corner |
| has subclass | (verb) turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
tump over, overturn, turn over, tip over |
| has subclass | (verb) change direction; "The road bends"
bend |
| has subclass | (verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
sheer, curve, slew, cut, trend, swerve, veer, slue |
| has subclass | (verb) turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
deflect |
| has subclass | (verb) turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
deflect, turn away, bend |
| has subclass | (verb) turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"
avert, turn away |
| has subclass | (verb) turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
splay, turn out, spread out, rotate |
| has subclass | (verb) cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
rotate, circumvolve |
| has subclass | (verb) turn on a pivot
pivot, swivel |
| has subclass | (verb) to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
gyrate, coil, spiral |
| has subclass | (verb) move in a spiral or zigzag course
corkscrew, spiral |
| has subclass | (verb) turn aside; turn away from
divert, deviate |
| has subclass | (verb) turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards
pronate |