Re-turn
(v. t. & i.) To turn again. |
Sea turn
() A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea. |
Sour
(superl.) Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits |
Sour
(superl.) Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned. |
Sour
(superl.) Disagreeable |
Sour
(superl.) Afflictive |
Sour
(superl.) Cold and unproductive |
Sour
(n.) A sour or acid substance |
Sour
(v. t.) To cause to become sour |
Sour
(v. t.) To make cold and unproductive, as soil. |
Sour
(v. t.) To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable. |
Sour
(v. t.) To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly. |
Sour
(v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar |
Sour
(v. i.) To become sour |
Turn
(v. t.) To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center |
Turn
(v. t.) To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost |
Turn
(v. t.) To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to |
Turn
(v. t.) To change from a given use or office |
Turn
(v. t.) To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of |
Turn
(v. t.) To form in a lathe |
Turn
(v. t.) Hence, to give form to |
Turn
(v. t.) To translate |
Turn
(v. t.) To make acid or sour |
Turn
(v. t.) To sicken |
Turn
(v. i.) To move round |
Turn
(v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support |
Turn
(v. i.) To result or terminate |
Turn
(v. i.) To be deflected |
Turn
(v. i.) To be changed, altered, or transformed |
Turn
(v. i.) To undergo the process of turning on a lathe |
Turn
(v. i.) To become acid |
Turn
(v. i.) To become giddy |
Turn
(v. i.) To be nauseated |
Turn
(v. i.) To become inclined in the other direction |
Turn
(v. i.) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb |
Turn
(v. i.) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery. |
Turn
(v. i.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted. |
Turn
(n.) The act of turning |
Turn
(n.) Change of direction, course, or tendency |
Turn
(n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change |
Turn
(n.) A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began |
Turn
(n.) Successive course |
Turn
(n.) Incidental or opportune deed or office |
Turn
(n.) Convenience |
Turn
(n.) Form |
Turn
(n.) A change of condition |
Turn
(n.) A fall off the ladder at the gallows |
Turn
(n.) A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat. |
Turn
(n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift. |
Turn
(n.) A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county. |
| turn | taking a short walk out and back, we took a turn in the park |
| twist turn | turning or twisting around (in place), with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room |
| turn | the act of turning away or in the opposite direction, he made an abrupt turn away from her |
| about-face about turn | act of pivotingdegrees, especially in a military formation |
| u-turn | complete reversal of direction of travel |
| turn turning | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course, he took a turn to the right |
| kick turn | a standing turn made in skiing, one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first |
stem turn
stem | a turn made in skiing, the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it |
| turn play | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession, it is my turn, it is still my play |
disservice
ill service
ill turn | an act intended to help that turns out badly, he did them a disservice |
| turn good turn | a favor for someone, he did me a good turn |
| three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
sourness
sour
acidity | the property of being acidic |
sour
sourness
tartness | the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth |
| turn-on | something causing excitement or stimulating interest |
| sour grapes | disparagement of something that is unattainable |
act routine number turn
bit | 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 |
turn of phrase
turn of expression | a distinctive spoken or written expression, John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea |
blinker
turn signal
turn indicator
trafficator | a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn |
turning
turn | a movement in a new direction, the turning of the wind |
reversal
turn around | turning in an opposite direction or position, the reversal of the image in the lens |
turn turn of events
twist | an unforeseen development, events suddenly took an awkward turn |
sour bread
sourdough bread | made with a starter of a small amount of dough in which fermentation is active |
bitter orange
Seville orange
sour orange | highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade |
| sour cherry | acid cherries used for pies and preserves |
| sour gourd | acid-tasting Australian gourd-like fruit with a woody rind and large seeds |
| sour gourd monkey bread | African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp |
| sour salt | crystals of citric acid used as seasoning |
| sour milk | milk that has turned sour |
sour cream
soured cream | artificially soured light cream |
sour mash
sour mash whiskey | any whiskey distilled from sour mash |
| sour | a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar |
whiskey sour
whisky sour | a sour made with whiskey |
Hottentot fig
Hottentot's fig
sour fig
Carpobrotus edulis
Mesembryanthemum edule | low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp |
cream-of-tartar tree
sour gourd
Adansonia gregorii | Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd |
| sour cherry Eugenia corynantha | Australian tree with sour red fruit |
Nyssaceae
family Nyssaceae
sour-gum family
tupelo family | a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees |
sour gum
black gum pepperidge
Nyssa sylvatica | columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall |
dock
sorrel sour grass | any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine |
sour dock
garden sorrel Rumex acetosa | European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens |
| sour cherry sour cherry tree Prunus cerasus | rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit |
sour orange
Seville orange
bitter orange
bitter orange tree
bigarade
marmalade orange
Citrus aurantium | any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit, used as grafting stock |
| ampere-turn | a unit of magnetomotive force equal to the magnetomotive force produced by the passage of ampere through complete turn of a coil, equal to . gilberts |
bend crook
twist turn | a circular segment of a curve, a bend in the road, a crook in the path |
| sour mash | a mash with optimum acidity for yeast fermentation, a mixture of old and new mash, used in distilling some whiskeys |
turn
bout
round | (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive |
| turn of the century | the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century |
go
spell
tour
turn | a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else), it's my go, a spell of work |
a go to bed
turn in
bed
crawl in
kip down
hit the hay
hit the sack
sack out
go to sleep retire | prepare for sleep, I usually turn in at midnight, He goes to bed at the crack of dawn |
get up
turn out
arise
uprise
rise | get up and out of bed, I get up at A.M. every day, They rose early, He uprose at night |