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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.
His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread ! Pope.
He was perfectly well turned for trade. Addison. 8. Specifically: —
(a) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown. Pope. (b) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
(c) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.
To be turned of, 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, to go round a corner. — 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.
We turn not back the silks upon the merchants,
When we have soiled them. Shak. (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 on, to cause to flow by turning a valve, stopcock, or the like; to give passage to; as, to turn on
steam. — 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 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.
I'll turn you out of my kingdom. Shak. (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
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