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    TURN OVER

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     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Think about carefully; weighplay

    Example:

    Turn the proposal over in your mind

    Synonyms:

    consider; debate; deliberate; moot; turn over

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):

    discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)

    Verb group:

    consider; study (give careful consideration to)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn over"):

    see (deliberate or decide)

    premeditate (consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand)

    debate (argue with one another)

    wrestle (engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate)

    think twice (consider and reconsider carefully)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
    Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverseplay

    Example:

    turn over the pancakes

    Synonyms:

    flip; flip over; turn over

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):

    turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    turnover (a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Turn up, loosen, or remove earthplay

    Example:

    turn over the soil for aeration

    Synonyms:

    cut into; delve; dig; turn over

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):

    remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn over"):

    furrow; groove; rut (hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove)

    root; rootle; rout (dig with the snout)

    spade (dig (up) with a spade)

    shovel (dig with or as if with a shovel)

    trowel (use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work)

    burrow; tunnel (move through by or as by digging)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    Move by turning over or rotatingplay

    Example:

    turn over on your left side

    Synonyms:

    roll; turn over

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):

    turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

    Verb group:

    revolve; roll (cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn over"):

    rim (roll around the rim of)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP

    Sense 5

    Meaning:

    Turn from an upright or normal positionplay

    Example:

    The canoe tumped over

    Synonyms:

    overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):

    turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

    Verb group:

    bowl over; knock over; overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over; upset (cause to overturn from an upright or normal position)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn over"):

    capsize; turn turtle; turtle (overturn accidentally)

    upend (become turned or set on end)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s

    Derivation:

    turnover (the act of upsetting something)

    Sense 6

    Meaning:

    Cause to overturn from an upright or normal positionplay

    Example:

    he tumped over his beer

    Synonyms:

    bowl over; knock over; overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over; upset

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):

    displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

    Cause:

    overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over (turn from an upright or normal position)

    Verb group:

    overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over (turn from an upright or normal position)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Sentence example:

    These cars won't turn over


    Derivation:

    turnover (the act of upsetting something)

    Sense 7

    Meaning:

    Cause to move around a center so as to show another side ofplay

    Example:

    turn a page of a book

    Synonyms:

    turn; turn over

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):

    displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn over"):

    evert (turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward)

    leaf (turn over pages)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Sentence example:

    They turn over the coin


    Sense 8

    Meaning:

    Place into the hands or custody ofplay

    Example:

    He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers

    Synonyms:

    give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over

    Classified under:

    Verbs of buying, selling, owning

    Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):

    transfer (cause to change ownership)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn over"):

    give (leave with; give temporarily)

    slip; sneak (pass on stealthily)

    deal (give (a specific card) to a player)

    deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in (to surrender someone or something to another)

    free; give up; release; relinquish; resign (part with a possession or right)

    commit; confide; entrust; intrust; trust (confer a trust upon)

    entrust; leave (put into the care or protection of someone)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody

    Sense 9

    Meaning:

    Do business worth a certain amount of moneyplay

    Example:

    The company turns over ten million dollars a year

    Classified under:

    Verbs of buying, selling, owning

    Hypernyms (to "turn over" is one way to...):

    transact (conduct business)

    Domain category:

    commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    turnover (the volume measured in dollars)

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