A circular segment of a curve.

synonyms: bend, crook, twist.

Roget 7: state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper; aspect etc. (appearance) 448, dilemma, pass, predicament.    constitution, habitude, diathesis^†; frame, fabric etc. 329; stamp, set, fit, mold, mould.    mode, modality, schesis^†; form etc. (shape) 240.    tone, tenor, turn; trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character.    ... show more

Roget 821: feeling; suffering etc. v.; endurance, tolerance, sufferance, supportance^†, experience, response; sympathy etc. (love) 897; impression, inspiration, affection, sensation, emotion, pathos, deep sense.    warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence; fervor, fervency; heartiness, cordiality; earnestness, eagerness; empressement [Fr.], gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore^†, fanaticism; excitation of feeling etc. 824; fullness of the heart etc. (disposition) 820; passion etc. (state of excitability) 825; ecstasy etc. (pleasure) 827.    blush, suffusion, flush; hectic; tingling, thrill, turn, shock; agitation etc. (irregular motion) 315; quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor; throb, throbbing; pulsation, palpitation, panting; trepidation, perturbation; ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment; state of excitement.    ... show more

Roget 820: affections, affect; character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone; temper, temperament; diathesis^†, idiosyncrasy; cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul; predilection, turn, natural turn of mind; bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness^†, propension^†, propendency^†; vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle; sympathy etc. (love) 897.    soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man; heart's core, heart's strings, heart's blood; heart of hearts, bottom of one's heart, penetralia mentis [Lat.]; secret and inmost recesses of the heart, cockles of one's heart; inmost heart, inmost soul; backbone.    passion, pervading spirit; ruling passion, master passion; furore^†; fullness of the heart, heyday of the blood, flesh and blood, flow of soul.    energy, fervor, fire, force.    ... show more

Roget 698: skill, skillfulness, address; dexterity, dexterousness; adroitness, expertness etc. adj.; proficiency, competence, technical competence, craft, callidity^†, facility, knack, trick, sleight; mastery, mastership, excellence, panurgy^†; ambidexterity, ambidextrousness^†; sleight of hand etc. (deception) 545.    seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship; rope-dancing.    accomplishment, acquirement, attainment; art, science; technicality, technology; practical knowledge, technical knowledge.    knowledge of the world, world wisdom, savoir faire [Fr.]; tact; mother wit etc. (sagacity) 498; discretion etc. (caution) 864; finesse; craftiness etc. (cunning) 702; management etc. (conduct) 692; self-help.    cleverness, talent, ability, ingenuity, capacity, parts, talents, faculty, endowment, forte, turn, gift, genius; intelligence etc. 498; sharpness, readiness etc. (activity) 682; invention etc. 515; aptness, aptitude; turn for, capacity for, genius for; felicity, capability, curiosa felicitas [Lat.], qualification, habilitation.    proficient etc. 700.    masterpiece, coup de maitre [Fr.], chef d'euvre [Fr.], tour de force; good stroke etc. (plan) 626.    ... show more

Roget 134: timeliness, occasion, opportunity, opening, room; event (eventuality) 151; suitable season, proper season, suitable time, proper time; high time; opportuneness etc. adj.; tempestivity^†.    crisis, turn, juncture, conjuncture; crisis, turning point, given time.    nick of time; golden opportunity, well timed opportunity, fine opportunity, favorable opportunity, opening; clear stage, fair field; mollia tempora [Lat.]; fata Morgana [Lat.]; spare time etc. (leisure) 685.    ... show more

Roget 245: curvature, curvity^†, curvation^†; incurvature^†, incurvity^†; incurvation^†; bend; flexure, flexion, flection^†; conflexure^†; crook, hook, bought, bending; deflection, deflexion^†; inflection, inflexion^†; concameration^†; arcuation^†, devexity^†, turn, deviation, detour, sweep; curl, curling; bough; recurvity^†, recurvation^†; sinuosity etc. 248.    kink.    carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule^†, horseshoe, loop, crane neck; parabola, hyperbola; helix, spiral; catenary^†, festoon; conchoid^†, cardioid; caustic; tracery; arched ceiling, arched roof; bay window, bow window.    sine curve; spline, spline curve, spline function; obliquity etc. 217.    ... show more

Roget 240: form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour etc. (outline) 230; structure etc. 329; plasmature^†.    feature, lineament, turn; phase etc. (aspect) 448; posture, attitude, pose.    [Science of form] morphism.    [Similarity of form] isomorphism.    forming etc. v.; formation, figuration, efformation^†; sculpture; plasmation^†.    ... show more

Roget 176: tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, propensity, susceptibility; conatus [Lat.], nisus [Lat.]; liability etc. 177; quality, nature, temperament; idiocrasy^†, idiosyncrasy; cast, vein, grain; humor, mood; drift etc. (direction) 278; conduciveness, conducement^†; applicability etc. (utility) 644; subservience etc. (instrumentality) 631.    ... show more

Roget 140: change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution; diversion; break.    transformation, transfiguration; metamorphosis; transmutation; deoxidization [Chem]; transubstantiation; [Genetics], mutagenesis transanimation^†, transmigration, metempsychosis^†; avatar; alterative.    conversion etc. (gradual change) 144; revolution etc. (sudden or radical change) 146, inversion etc. (reversal) 218; displacement etc. 185; transference etc. 270.    changeableness etc. 149; tergiversation etc. (change of mind) 607.    ... show more

Roget 867: dislike, distaste, disrelish, disinclination, displacency^†.    reluctance; backwardness etc. (unwillingness) 603.    repugnance, disgust, queasiness, turn, nausea, loathing; averseness^†, aversation^†, aversion; abomination, antipathy, abhorrence, horror; mortal antipathy, rooted antipathy, mortal horror, rooted horror; hatred, detestation; hate etc. 898; animosity etc. 900; hydrophobia; canine madness; byssa^†, xenophobia.    sickener^†; gall and wormwood etc. (unsavory) 395; shuddering, cold sweat.    ... show more

Dutch: bocht, draai
Polish: wygięcie

The act of changing or reversing the direction of the course:
— He took a turn to the right.

synonym: turning.

Roget 311: circuition^†, circulation; turn, curvet; excursion, circumvention, circumnavigation, circumambulation; northwest passage; circuit etc. 629.    turning etc. v.; wrench; evolution; coil, corkscrew.    ... show more

Polish: zwrot

game The activity of doing something in an agreed succession:
— It is my turn.

synonym: play.

An unforeseen development:
— Events suddenly took an awkward turn.

synonyms: turn of events, twist.

Dutch: keer, kentering, ommekeer, ommezwaai, omslag, revolutie, wending

A movement in a new direction:
— The turning of the wind.

synonym: turning.

Dutch: toerbeurt

The act of turning away or in the opposite direction.

Turning or twisting around (in place).

synonym: twist.

Dutch: draai, draaibeweging, draaiing, twist, wending, wenteling, zwenk
Polish: obrót

A time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else).

synonyms: go, spell, tour.

Roget 266: travel; traveling etc. v.. wayfaring, campaigning.    journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion^†, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation^†, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation; noctambulation^†, noctambulism; somnambulism; outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt.    equitation, horsemanship, riding, manege [Fr.], ride and tie; basophobia^†.    roving, vagrancy, pererration^†; marching and countermarching; nomadism; vagabondism, vagabondage; hoboism [U.S.]; gadding; flit, flitting, migration; emigration, immigration, demigration^†, intermigration^†; wanderlust.    plan, itinerary, guide; handbook, guidebook, road book; Baedeker^†, Bradshaw, Murray; map, road map, transportation guide, subway map.    procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column.    [Organs and instruments of locomotion] vehicle etc. 272; automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive; legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters.    traveler etc. 268.    depot [U.S.], railway station, station.    ... show more

Dutch: koebel, toer, tour

sports A division during which one team is on the offensive.

synonyms: bout, round.

Roget 138: periodicity, intermittence; beat; oscillation etc. 314; pulse, pulsation; rhythm; alternation, alternateness, alternativeness, alternity^†.    bout, round, revolution, rotation, turn, say.    anniversary, jubilee, centenary.    catamenia^†, courses, menses, menstrual flux.    [Regularity of return] rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine; days of the week; Sunday, Monday &c.; months of the year; January &c.; feast, fast &c.; Christmas, Easter, New Year's day &c.; Allhallows^†, Allhallowmas^†, All Saints' Day; All Souls', All Souls' Day; Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile^†, Candlemas^†, Dewali, groundhog day [U.S.], Halloween, Hallowmas^†, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day [U.S.], St.    Swithin's day, natal day; yearbook; yuletide.    punctuality, regularity, steadiness.    ... show more

Polish: runda

A short performance that is part of a longer program.

synonyms: act, bit, number, routine.

Dutch: akte, daad, handeling, spelen, acteren, act, nummer
Polish: numer, punkt, punkt programu

A favor for someone:
— He did me a good turn.

synonym: good turn.

Taking a short walk out and back.

Change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.

Dutch: keren, wenden, draaien

Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action:
— We turned from Socialism to Capitalism.
— The people turned against the President when he stole the election.

synonym: change state.

Roget 683: be inactive etc. adj.; do nothing etc. 681; move slowly etc. 275; let the grass grow under one's feet; take one's time, dawdle, drawl, droil^†, lag, hang back, slouch; loll, lollop^†; lounge, poke, loaf, loiter; go to sleep over; sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile [Fr.].    take it easy, take things as they come; lead an easy life, vegetate, swim with the stream, eat the bread of idleness; loll in the lap of luxury, loll in the lap of indolence; waste time, consume time, kill time, lose time; burn daylight, waste the precious hours.    idle away time, trifle away time, fritter away time, fool away time; spend time in, take time in; peddle, piddle; potter, pudder^†, dabble, faddle fribble^†, fiddle-faddle; dally, dilly-dally.    sleep, slumber, be asleep; hibernate; oversleep; sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse; sleep soundly, heavily; doze, drowze^†, snooze, nap; take a nap etc. n.; dream; snore one's best; settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep; doze off, drop off; fall asleep; drop asleep; close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids; weigh down the eyelids; get sleep, nod, yawn; go to bed, turn; get some z's, stack z's [Coll.].    languish, expend itself, flag, hang fire; relax.    render idle etc. adj.; sluggardize^†; mitigate etc. 174.    ... show more

Roget 254: be blunt, render blunt etc. adj.; obtund^†, dull; take off the point, take off the edge; turn.   

Dutch: overgaan, overvloeien

Undergo a change or development:
— The water turned into ice.
— He turned traitor.

synonym: become.

Dutch: worden

Cause to move around or rotate.

Change to the contrary:
— The tides turned against him.
— Public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern.

synonyms: change by reversal, reverse.

Roget 140: change, alter, vary, wax and wane; modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with; turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert^†; pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume.    work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce; transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume^†; metamorphose, ring the changes.    innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards; give a turn to, give a color to; influence, turn the scale; shift the scene, turn over a new leaf.    recast etc. 146; reverse etc. 218; disturb etc. 61; convert into etc. 144.    ... show more

Pass to the other side of:
— Turn the corner.

synonym: move around.

Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become:
— The weather turned nasty.

synonym: grow.

Let (something) fall or spill from a container:
— Turn the flour onto a plate.

synonym: release.

Move around an axis or a center.

Dutch: ronddraaien, rondwentelen

Cause to move around a center so as to show another side of:
— Turn a page of a book.

synonym: turn over.

To send or let go.

To break and turn over earth especially with a plow:
— Turn the earth in the Spring.

synonyms: plough, plow.

Dutch: beploegen, doorploegen, omleggen, omploegen, ploegen

Shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel.

Change color.

Twist suddenly so as to sprain:
— I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days.

synonyms: rick, sprain, twist, wrench, wrick.

Dutch: omslaan, verrekken, verstuiken, verzwikken, zwikken

Cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics.

Accomplish by rotating.

Get by buying and selling.

Cause to move along an axis or into a new direction.

Dutch: afslaan, keren, wenden

Channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something.

Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form:
— The strong man could turn an iron bar.

synonyms: bend, deform, flex, twist.

Roget 311: turn, bend, wheel; go about, put about; heel; go round to the right about, turn round to the right about; turn on one's heel; make a circle, make a complete circle, describe a circle, describe a complete circle; go through 180 degrees, go through 360 degrees, pass through 180 degrees, pass through 360 degrees.    circumnavigate, circumambulate, circumvent; put a girdle round about the earth" [M.N.D.]; go the round, make the round of.    wind, circulate, meander; whisk, twirl; twist etc. (convolution) 248; make a detour etc. (circuit) 629.    ... show more

Roget 279: alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend; bend, curve etc. 245; swerve, heel, bear off; gybe^†, wear.    intervert^†; deflect; divert, divert from its course; put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp.    stray, straggle; sidle; diverge etc. 291; tralineate^†; digress, wander; wind, twist, meander; veer, tack; divagate; sidetrack; turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from; wheel, steer clear of; ramble, rove, drift; go astray, go adrift; yaw, dodge; step aside, ease off, make way for, shy.    fly off at a tangent; glance off; wheel about, face about; turn to the right about, face to the right about; waddle etc. (oscillate) 314; go out of one's way etc. (perform a circuit) 629; lose one's way.    ... show more

Roget 245: be curved, etc. adj.; curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag; deviate etc. 279; curl, turn; reenter.    render curved etc. adj.; flex, bend, curve, incurvate^†; inflect; deflect, scatter [Phys.]; refract (light) 420; crook; turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate^†; bow, curl, recurve, frizzle.    rotundity etc. 249; convexity etc. 250.    ... show more

Dutch: buigen, doorbuigen, krommen

Alter the functioning or setting of.

Direct at someone.

Have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to:
— She turned to her relatives for help.

synonym: call on.

Go sour or spoil:
— The cream has turned--we have to throw it out.

synonyms: ferment, sour, work.

Dutch: schiften, zuren

Become officially one year older.