turnturnturns2noun1the action of turning something round: Give the screw a few turns.2a change of direction: Take a left turn at the end of this road.3the time when you can or should do something: It's your turn to do the washing-up!in turnone after the other: I spoke to each of the students in turn.take turns at something, take it in turns to do somethingto do something one after the other: You can't both use the computer at the same time. Why don't you take it in turns?turnturnturnsturnedturning1verb (turns, turning, turned)1to move round, or to move something round: The wheels are turning. Turn the key. She turned round and walked towards the door.2to move in a different direction: Turn left at the traffic lights.3to become different: The weather has turned cold.4to make somebody or something change: The sun turned her hair blond.5to find a certain page in a book: Turn to page 97.turn something down1to say no to what somebody wants to do or to give you: They offered me the job but I turned it down.2to make something produce less sound or heat by moving a switch: I'm too hot – can you turn the heating down?turn into somethingto become different; to change somebody or something into something different: Water turns into ice when it gets very cold.turn something offto move the handle or switch that controls something, so that it stops: Turn the tap off. She turned off the television.turn something onto move the handle or switch that controls something, so that it starts: Could you turn the light on?turn outto be something in the end: It has turned out to be a lovely day.turn something outto switch off a light: Can you turn the lights out before you leave?turn overto move so that the other side is on top: She turned over and went back to sleep.turn something overto move something so that the other side is on top: If you turn over the page you'll find the answers on the other side.turn up(used about a person) to arrive: Has David turned up yet?turn something upto make something produce more sound or heat by moving a switch: Turn up the TV – I can't hear it properly.