tur: dönmek

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Meaning
means(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
means(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
means(verb) turn on a pivot
pivot, swivel
means(verb) turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
revolve, go around, rotate
means(verb) cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
rotate, circumvolve
means(verb) change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
turn, change by reversal, reverse
means(verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
twirl, twiddle, whirl, swirl
means(verb) move in circles
circle, circulate
means(verb) turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
tump over, overturn, turn over, tip over
means(verb) turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
deflect
means(verb) turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
deflect, turn away, bend
means(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
means(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
means(verb) move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
turn over, roll
means(verb) turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"
flip, turn over, flip over
means(verb) change directions as if revolving on a pivot; "They wheeled their horses around and left"
wheel around, wheel
means(verb) turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head"
twist
means(verb) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
writhe, wrestle, squirm, wriggle, twist, worm
means(verb) suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
tumble
means(verb) go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
return
means(verb) turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now"
face
means(verb) regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"
recuperate, go back, recover
means(verb) travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
swim
means(verb) turn like a screw
screw
means(verb) cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion; "drive in screws or bolts"
drive in, screw
means(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
retract, recant, resile, abjure, forswear
means(verb) be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
swim, float
means(verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
whirl, reel, gyrate, spin, spin around

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