turn
verb
uk
/tɜːn/ us
/tɝːn/turn verb (GO AROUND)
B2 [ I or T ]
turn a somersault She turned a full somersault in the air.
turn cartwheels They turned cartwheels down the catwalk.
- There was no air conditioning, just a ceiling fan turning slowly.
- I heard someone turn a key in the lock.
- She turned the handle and slowly opened the door.
- We watched as the sails of the windmill slowly started to turn.
- When this wheel turns, it makes those big stones turn, which grind the grain into flour.
turn verb (CHANGE DIRECTION)
A2 [ I or T ]
turn to face someone She turned to face him.
turn your back on His wife tried to speak to him, but he turned his back on her/ (= moved so that his back, not his face, was towards her to show his anger).
the tide turns At about three o'clock, the tide started to turn (= the sea started to come closer to or move away from the beach).
We should turn the car around and go back the way we came.
આ પણ જુઓ
સરખામણી
- about turn! idiom
- about-face
- bear
- branch
- branch off phrasal verb
- break
- decoy
- do an about-face
- do an about-turn
- excursive
- excursively
- flippy
- regear
- reverse
- slew
- someone's back is turned idiom
- swerve
- turn (something) around phrasal verb
- turn off phrasal verb
- wheel
તમે વિષયોમાં સંબંધિત શબ્દો, શબ્દસમૂહો અને સમાનાર્થી પણ શોધી શકો છો:
turn verb (CHANGE POSITION)
B1 [ I or T ]
He turned over two or three pages.
turn verb (BECOME)
turn nasty When I refused to pay, he turned nasty.
turn sour The companies worked well together for a while, but eventually the relationship turned sour (= became bad).
- He started to turn grey in his mid-thirties.
- We're planning to turn the smallest bedroom into an office.
- The situation could turn nasty at any moment.
- He was an amateur singer until the age of 40, when he turned professional.
- You make wine by leaving grape juice to ferment until all the sugar has turned to alcohol.
turn verb (TWIST)
turn verb (WOOD)
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turn
noun
uk
/tɜːn/ us
/tɝːn/turn noun (TIME TO DO STH)
B1 [ C ]
an opportunity or a duty to do something at a particular time or in a particular order, before or after other people:
in turn C1 (also by turns)
વધુ જુઓ - another/a second bite at/of the cherry idiom
- at every opportunity
- at the earliest opportunity
- be in with a shout idiom
- fish
- given half a/the chance idiom
- going
- golden opportunity
- have a field day idiom
- have a go
- inch
- iron
- launch pad
- opportunity
- opportunity of doing something
- pass someone by phrasal verb
- platform
- room for manoeuvre idiom
- the American dream
- the run of something idiom
turn noun (GO ROUND)
turn noun (CHANGE IN DIRECTION)
- about turn! idiom
- about-face
- bear
- branch
- branch off phrasal verb
- break
- decoy
- do an about-face
- do an about-turn
- excursive
- excursively
- flippy
- regear
- reverse
- slew
- someone's back is turned idiom
- swerve
- turn (something) around phrasal verb
- turn off phrasal verb
- wheel
તમે વિષયોમાં સંબંધિત શબ્દો, શબ્દસમૂહો અને સમાનાર્થી પણ શોધી શકો છો: