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TURNED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an unpalatable state
Example:
sour milk
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
soured (having turned bad)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Moved around an axis or center
Classified under:
Similar:
inverted; upside-down (being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed)
overturned; upset; upturned (having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom)
reversed (turned inside out and resewn)
revolved; rotated (turned in a circle around an axis)
inside-out; wrong-side-out (with the inside surface on the outside)
Antonym:
unturned (not turned)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb turn
Context examples:
The process by which a gene gets turned on in a cell to make RNA and proteins.
(Gene expression, NCI Dictionary)
The genes that are turned on by p53 constitute effectors of this second cascade.
(G2/M Checkpoint Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Holmes turned to his desk and, unlocking it, drew out a small case-book, which he consulted.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her companion looked at her keenly; and gathering greater spirit from the blush soon produced from such a look, only said, “He is best off as he is,” and turned the subject.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
I asked you as soon as I came into the room, and I was just going to ask you again, but when I turned round, you were gone!
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
“Or he may have fled,” said Utterson, and he turned to examine the door in the by-street.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I saw him once look hard over my shoulder, so I turned round and looked also.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The answer, it turned out, was hidden in the rings.
(Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn, NASA)
Onley got up to go, but turned at the door and delivered a parting shot.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Directly his back was turned they were at it again.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
