Turned

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Turn \Turn\ (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned} (t[^u]rnd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF.
     tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L.
     tornare to turn in a lathe, to round off, fr. tornus a lathe,
     Gr. to`rnos a turner's chisel, a carpenter's tool for drawing
     circles; probably akin to E. throw. See {Throw}, and cf.


     {Attorney}, {Return}, {Tornado}, {Tour}, {Tournament}.]
     1. To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to
        give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to
        move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to
        make to change position so as to present other sides in
        given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a
        wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.
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              Turn the adamantine spindle round.    --Milton.
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              The monarch turns him to his royal guest. --Pope.
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     2. To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost;
        to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the
        outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box
        or a board; to turn a coat.
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     3. To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to
        direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; --
        used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes
        to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship
        from her course; to turn the attention to or from
        something. "Expert when to advance, or stand, or, turn the
        sway of battle." --Milton.
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              Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport
              Her importunity.                      --Milton.
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              My thoughts are turned on peace.      --Addison.
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     4. To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to
        another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to
        apply; to devote.
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              Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto
              David.                                --1 Chron. x.
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              God will make these evils the occasion of a greater
              good, by turning them to advantage in this world.
                                                    --Tillotson.
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              When the passage is open, land will be turned most
              to cattle; when shut, to sheep.       --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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     5. To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to
        alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often
        with to or into before the word denoting the effect or
        product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged
        insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse;
        to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to
        turn good to evil, and the like.
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              The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
              compassion upon thee.                 --Deut. xxx.
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              And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the
              counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. --2 Sam. xv.
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              Impatience turns an ague into a fever. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
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     6. To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by
        applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn
        the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
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              I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned. --Shak.
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     7. Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in
        proper condition; to adapt. "The poet's pen turns them to
        shapes." --Shak.
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              His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread
              !                                     --Pope.
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              He was perfectly well turned for trade. --Addison.
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     8. Specifically:
        (a) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
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                  Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown.
                                                    --Pope.
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        (b) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as,
            to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
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        (c) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's
            stomach.
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     9. To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass
        around by turning; as, to turn a corner.
  
              The ranges are not high or steep, and one can turn a
              kopje instead of cutting or tunneling through it.
                                                    --James Bryce.
  
     {To be turned of}, to be advanced beyond; as, to be turned of
        sixty-six.
  
     {To turn a cold shoulder to}, to treat with neglect or
        indifference.
  
     {To turn a corner},
        (a) to go round a corner.
        (b) [Fig.] To advance beyond a difficult stage in a
            project, or in life.
  
     {To turn adrift}, to cast off, to cease to care for.
  
     {To turn a flange} (Mech.), to form a flange on, as around a
        metal sheet or boiler plate, by stretching, bending, and
        hammering, or rolling the metal.
  
     {To turn against}.
        (a) To direct against; as, to turn one's arguments against
            himself.
        (b) To make unfavorable or hostile to; as, to turn one's
            friends against him.
  
     {To turn a hostile army}, {To turn the enemy's flank}, or the
        like (Mil.), to pass round it, and take a position behind
        it or upon its side.
  
     {To turn a penny}, or {To turn an honest penny}, to make a
        small profit by trade, or the like.
  
     {To turn around one's finger}, to have complete control of
        the will and actions of; to be able to influence at
        pleasure.
  
     {To turn aside}, to avert.
  
     {To turn away}.
        (a) To dismiss from service; to discard; as, to turn away
            a servant.
        (b) To avert; as, to turn away wrath or evil.
  
     {To turn back}.
        (a) To give back; to return.
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                  We turn not back the silks upon the merchants,
                  When we have soiled them.         --Shak.
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        (b) To cause to return or retrace one's steps; hence, to
            drive away; to repel. --Shak.
  
     {To turn down}.
        (a) To fold or double down.
        (b) To turn over so as to conceal the face of; as, to turn
            down cards.
        (c) To lower, or reduce in size, by turning a valve,
            stopcock, or the like; as, turn down the lights.
  
     {To turn in}.
        (a) To fold or double under; as, to turn in the edge of
            cloth.
        (b) To direct inwards; as, to turn the toes in when
            walking.
        (c) To contribute; to deliver up; as, he turned in a large
            amount. [Colloq.]
  
     {To turn in the mind}, to revolve, ponder, or meditate upon;
        -- with about, over, etc. " Turn these ideas about in your
        mind." --I. Watts.
  
     {To turn off}.
        (a) To dismiss contemptuously; as, to turn off a sycophant
            or a parasite.
        (b) To give over; to reduce.
        (c) To divert; to deflect; as, to turn off the thoughts
            from serious subjects; to turn off a joke.
        (d) To accomplish; to perform, as work.
        (e) (Mech.) To remove, as a surface, by the process of
            turning; to reduce in size by turning.
        (f) To shut off, as a fluid, by means of a valve,
            stopcock, or other device; to stop the passage of; as,
            to turn off the water or the gas.
  
     {To turn one's coat}, to change one's uniform or colors; to
        go over to the opposite party.
  
     {To turn one's goods} or {To turn one's money}, and the like,
        to exchange in the course of trade; to keep in lively
        exchange or circulation; to gain or increase in trade.
  
     {To turn one's hand to}, to adapt or apply one's self to; to
        engage in.
  
     {To turn out}.
        (a) To drive out; to expel; as, to turn a family out of
            doors; to turn a man out of office.
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                  I'll turn you out of my kingdom.  -- Shak.
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        (b) to put to pasture, as cattle or horses.
        (c) To produce, as the result of labor, or any process of
            manufacture; to furnish in a completed state.
        (d) To reverse, as a pocket, bag, etc., so as to bring the
            inside to the outside; hence, to produce.
        (e) To cause to cease, or to put out, by turning a
            stopcock, valve, or the like; as, to turn out the
            lights.
  
     {To turn over}.
        (a) To change or reverse the position of; to overset; to
            overturn; to cause to roll over.
        (b) To transfer; as, to turn over business to another
            hand.
        (c) To read or examine, as a book, while, turning the
            leaves. "We turned o'er many books together." --Shak.
        (d) To handle in business; to do business to the amount
            of; as, he turns over millions a year. [Colloq.]
  
     {To turn over a new leaf}. See under {Leaf}.
  
     {To turn tail}, to run away; to retreat ignominiously.
  
     {To turn the back}, to flee; to retreat.
  
     {To turn the back on} or
  
     {To turn the back upon}, to treat with contempt; to reject or
        refuse unceremoniously.
  
     {To turn the corner}, to pass the critical stage; to get by
        the worst point; hence, to begin to improve, or to
        succeed.
  
     {To turn the die} or {To turn the dice}, to change fortune.
        
  
     {To turn the edge of} or {To turn the point of}, to bend over
        the edge or point of so as to make dull; to blunt.
  
     {To turn the head of} or {To turn the brain of}, to make
        giddy, wild, insane, or the like; to infatuate; to
        overthrow the reason or judgment of; as, a little success
        turned his head.
  
     {To turn the scale} or {To turn the balance}, to change the
        preponderance; to decide or determine something doubtful;
        to tip the balance.
  
     {To turn the stomach of}, to nauseate; to sicken.
  
     {To turn the tables}, to reverse the chances or conditions of
        success or superiority; to give the advantage to the
        person or side previously at a disadvantage.
  
     {To turn tippet}, to make a change. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
  
     {To turn to profit}, {To turn to advantage}, etc., to make
        profitable or advantageous.
  
     {To turn turtle}, to capsize bottom upward; -- said of a
        vessel. [Naut. slang]
  
     {To turn under} (Agric.), to put, as soil, manure, etc.,
        underneath from the surface by plowing, digging, or the
        like.
  
     {To turn up}.
        (a) To turn so as to bring the bottom side on top; as, to
            turn up the trump.
        (b) To bring from beneath to the surface, as in plowing,
            digging, etc.
        (c) To give an upward curve to; to tilt; as, to turn up
            the nose.
  
     {To turn upon}, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the
        arguments of an opponent upon himself.
  
     {To turn upside down}, to confuse by putting things awry; to
        throw into disorder.
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              This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler
              died.                                 --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  turned
       adj 1: moved around an axis or center [ant: {unturned}]
       2: in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: {off}, {sour}]