Rotate vs. Turn

Rotateverb

(intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.

‘He rotated in his chair to face me.’;

Turnverb

(heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.

Rotateverb

(intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.

‘The nurses' shifts rotate each week.’;

Turnverb

(intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.

‘the Earth turns;’; ‘turn on the spot’;

Rotateverb

To lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.

‘The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.’;

Turnverb

(transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.

‘Turn the knob clockwise.’;

Rotateverb

(transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.

‘Rotate the dial to the left.’;

Turnverb

(intransitive) to change one's direction of travel.

‘She turned right at the corner.’;

Rotateverb

(transitive) To advance something through a sequence.

Turnverb

to change the course of.

Rotateverb

(transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.

‘The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.’;

Turnverb

(transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.

‘She turned the table legs with care and precision.’;

Rotateverb

(transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.

Turnverb

(by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.

Rotateadjective

Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

‘a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla’;

Turnverb

(transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.

‘turn the bed covers;’; ‘turn the pages’;

Rotateadjective

Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.

Turnverb

To navigate through a book or other printed material.

‘turn to page twenty;’; ‘turn through the book’;

Rotateverb

To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.

Turnverb

Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

Rotateverb

To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.

Turnverb

Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

Rotateverb

To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.

Turnverb

To change condition or attitude.

Rotateverb

To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.

Turnverb

(copulative) To become begin to be.

‘The leaves turn brown in autumn.’; ‘When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty.’;

Rotateverb

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’;

Turnverb

To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.

‘The hillside behind our house isn't generally much to look at, but once all the trees turn it's gorgeous.’;

Rotateverb

exchange on a regular basis;

‘We rotate the lead soprano every night’;

Turnverb

To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.

‘Midas made everything turn to gold.’; ‘He turned into a monster every full moon.’;

Rotateverb

cause to turn on an axis or center;

‘Rotate the handle’;

Turnverb

To reach a certain age.

‘Charlie turns six on September 29.’;

Rotateverb

perform a job or duty on a rotating basis;

‘Interns have to rotate for a few months’;

Turnverb

To hinge; to depend.

‘The decision turns on a single fact.’;

Rotateverb

turn outward;

‘These birds can splay out their toes’; ‘ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees’;

Turnverb

To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.

‘The prisoners turned on the warden.’;

Rotateverb

plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession;

‘We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil’;

Turnverb

To change personal condition.

Turnverb

To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.

Turnverb

To complete.

‘They say they can turn the parts in two days.’;

Turnverb

(transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.

‘We turned a pretty penny with that little scheme.’;

Turnverb

Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

Turnverb

To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.

‘Ivory turns well.’;

Turnverb

(obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

Turnverb

To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

Turnverb

(archaic) To translate.

‘to turn the Iliad’;

Turnverb

To magically or divinely attack undead.

Turnnoun

A change of direction or orientation.

‘Give the handle a turn, then pull it.’;

Turnnoun

A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.

Turnnoun

(geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.

Turnnoun

A single loop of a coil.

Turnnoun

A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.

‘They took turns playing with the new toy.’;

Turnnoun

The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.

‘I cooked tonight, so it's your turn to do the dishes.’;

Turnnoun

One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.

Turnnoun

A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.

Turnnoun

(also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.

‘They quote a three-day turn on parts like those.’;

Turnnoun

A fit or a period of giddiness.

‘I've had a funny turn.’;

Turnnoun

A change in temperament or circumstance.

‘She took a turn for the worse.’;

Turnnoun

(cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).

Turnnoun

(poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.

Turnnoun

The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.

Turnnoun

A deed done to another.

‘One good turn deserves another.’; ‘I felt that the man was of a vindictive nature, and would do me an evil turn if he found the opportunitynb....’;

Turnnoun

(rope) A pass behind or through an object.

Turnnoun

Character; personality; nature.

Turnnoun

(soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

Turnnoun

A short skit, act, or routine.

Turnverb

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.

‘Turn the adamantine spindle round.’; ‘The monarch turns him to his royal guest.’;

Turnverb

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.

Turnverb

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.

‘Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sportHer importunity.’; ‘My thoughts are turned on peace.’;

Turnverb

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.

‘Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David.’; ‘God will make these evils the occasion of a greater good, by turning them to advantage in this world.’; ‘When the passage is open, land will be turned most to cattle; when shut, to sheep.’;

Turnverb

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.

‘The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee.’; ‘And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.’; ‘Impatience turns an ague into a fever.’;

Turnverb

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.

‘I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned.’;

Turnverb

Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt.

‘His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread !’; ‘He was perfectly well turned for trade.’;

Turnverb

To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.

‘Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown.’;

Turnverb

To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.

Turnverb

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.’; ‘We turn not back the silks upon the merchants,When we have soiled them.’; ‘I'll turn you out of my kingdom.’; ‘This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died.’;

Turnverb

To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.

Turnverb

To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel.

‘The gate . . . on golden hinges turning.’;

Turnverb

Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.

‘Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of war.’;

Turnverb

To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.

‘If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our advantage.’;

Turnverb

To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.

‘Turn from thy fierce wrath.’; ‘Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways.’; ‘The understanding turns inward on itself, and reflects on its own operations.’;

Turnverb

To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Muslim.

‘I hope you have no intent to turn husband.’; ‘Cygnets from gray turn white.’;

Turnverb

To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.

Turnverb

To become acid; to sour; - said of milk, ale, etc.

Turnverb

To become giddy; - said of the head or brain.

‘I'll look no more;Lest my brain turn.’;

Turnverb

To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

Turnverb

To be nauseated; - said of the stomach.

Turnverb

To become inclined in the other direction; - said of scales.

Turnverb

To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; - said of the tide.

Turnverb

To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

Turnnoun

The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.

Turnnoun

Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide.

‘At length his complaint took a favorable turn.’; ‘The turns and varieties of all passions.’; ‘Too well the turns of mortal chance I know.’;

Turnnoun

One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander.

‘And all its [the river's] thousand turns disclose.Some fresher beauty varying round.’;

Turnnoun

A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll.

‘Come, you and I must walk a turn together.’; ‘I will take a turn in your garden.’;

Turnnoun

Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time.

‘His turn will come to laugh at you again.’; ‘Every one has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.’;

Turnnoun

Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.

‘Had I not done a friendes turn to thee?’; ‘thanks are half lost when good turns are delayed.’;

Turnnoun

Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn.

‘I have enough to serve mine own turn.’;

Turnnoun

Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; - used in a literal or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation.

‘The turn of both his expressions and thoughts is unharmonious.’; ‘The Roman poets, in their description of a beautiful man, often mention the turn of his neck and arms.’;

Turnnoun

A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn.

Turnnoun

A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; - so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.

Turnnoun

A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.

Turnnoun

A pit sunk in some part of a drift.

Turnnoun

A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county.

Turnnoun

Monthly courses; menses.

Turnnoun

An embellishment or grace (marked thus, ), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus , or drawn thus .

Turnnoun

a circular segment of a curve;

‘a bend in the road’; ‘a crook in the path’;

Turnnoun

the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course;

‘he took a turn to the right’;

Turnnoun

the activity of doing something in an agreed succession;

‘it is my turn’; ‘it is still my play’;

Turnnoun

an unforeseen development;

‘events suddenly took an awkward turn’;

Turnnoun

a movement in a new direction;

‘the turning of the wind’;

Turnnoun

turning away or in the opposite direction;

‘he made an abrupt turn away from her’;

Turnnoun

turning or twisting around (in place);

‘with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room’;

Turnnoun

a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);

‘it's my go’; ‘a spell of work’;

Turnnoun

(sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive

Turnnoun

a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program;

‘he did his act three times every evening’; ‘she had a catchy little routine’; ‘it was one of the best numbers he ever did’;

Turnnoun

a favor for someone;

‘he did me a good turn’;

Turnnoun

taking a short walk out and back;

‘we took a turn in the park’;

Turnverb

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’;

Turnverb

undergo a change or development;

‘The water turned into ice’; ‘Her former friend became her worst enemy’; ‘He turned traitor’;

Turnverb

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’;

Turnverb

cause to move around or rotate;

‘turn a key’; ‘turn your palm this way’;

Turnverb

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;

‘The weather turned nasty’; ‘She grew angry’;

Turnverb

to send or let go;

‘They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion’;

Turnverb

pass to the other side of;

‘turn the corner’; ‘move around the obstacle’;

Turnverb

move around an axis or a center;

‘The wheels are turning’;

Turnverb

cause to move around a center so as to show another side of;

‘turn a page of a book’;

Turnverb

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’;

Turnverb

to break and turn over earth especially with a plow;

‘Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week’; ‘turn the earth in the Spring’;

Turnverb

change color;

‘In Vermont, the leaves turn early’;

Turnverb

cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics;

‘The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him’; ‘The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold’;

Turnverb

let (something) fall or spill a container;

‘turn the flour onto a plate’;

Turnverb

twist suddenly so as to sprain;

‘wrench one's ankle’; ‘The wrestler twisted his shoulder’; ‘the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell’; ‘I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days’;

Turnverb

shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel;

‘turn the legs of the table’; ‘turn the clay on the wheel’;

Turnverb

go sour or spoil;

‘The milk has soured’; ‘The wine worked’; ‘The cream has turned--we have to throw it out’;

Turnverb

accomplish by rotating;

‘turn a somersault’; ‘turn cartwheels’;

Turnverb

get by buying and selling;

‘the company turned a good profit after a year’;

Turnverb

cause to move along an axis or into a new direction;

‘turn your face to the wall’; ‘turn the car around’; ‘turn your dance partner around’;

Turnverb

channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something;

‘The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction’; ‘people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millenium’;

Turnverb

cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;

‘bend the rod’; ‘twist the dough into a braid’; ‘the strong man could turn an iron bar’;

Turnverb

alter the functioning or setting of;

‘turn the dial to 10’; ‘turn the heat down’;

Turnverb

direct at someone;

‘She turned a smile on me’; ‘They turned their flashlights on the car’;

Turnverb

have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to;

‘She called on her Representative to help her’; ‘She turned to her relatives for help’;

Turnverb

become officially one year older;

‘She is turning 50 this year’;