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TURN IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prepare for sleep
Example:
He goes to bed at the crack of dawn
Synonyms:
bed; crawl in; go to bed; go to sleep; hit the hay; hit the sack; kip down; retire; sack out; turn in
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn in"):
bed down; bunk down (go to bed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
turn out (get up and out of bed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Carry out (performances)
Example:
They turned in top jobs for the second straight game
Synonyms:
put on; turn in
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "turn in" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make an entrance by turning from a road
Example:
Turn in after you see the gate
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "turn in" is one way to...):
come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into (to come or go into)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sense 4
Meaning:
To surrender someone or something to another
Example:
fork over the money
Synonyms:
deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "turn in" is one way to...):
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn in"):
bail (deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period)
give away (formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Context examples:
Yes; we agreed to take a turn in the Crescent, and there we met Mrs. Hughes, and Mr. and Miss Tilney walking with her.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Some turn in the road, some new object suddenly perceived and recognised, reminded me of days gone by, and were associated with the lighthearted gaiety of boyhood.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
So this wonderful incident, which would make such a headline for the old paper, must still wait its turn in the editorial drawer.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Several minutes later, rounding a turn in the trail where the descent was less precipitous, he joined them in the midst of a miniature avalanche of pebbles and loose soil.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
They talked about many things, and now Brissenden and now Martin took turn in ordering Scotch and soda.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But the captain, Mr. Thomas Wilcocks, an honest worthy Shropshire man, observing I was ready to faint, took me into his cabin, gave me a cordial to comfort me, and made me turn in upon his own bed, advising me to take a little rest, of which I had great need.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
“I never had such a turn in all my life!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
For, going down into the cabin to turn in, I decided that it was too stuffy to sleep below.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
We won't interfere now, but watch our chance, and do them a good turn in spite of themselves.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He was the more surprised therefore when, on coming round a turn in the path, he perceived a man clad in the familiar garb of the order, and seated in a clump of heather by the roadside.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
