TO TURN ON

Definition: TO TURN ON

TO TURN ON

1. To cause to flow by turning a valve, stopcock, or the like; to give passage to; as, to turn on steam.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO TURN ON

See in order to get heat you have to turn on the engine, thereby trapping the fumes and rendering us all dead by asphixiation. (Carpool; writing credit: Don Rhymer)

You are an engineer if you need a checklist to turn on the TV. (references; author: unknown)

I just want to turn on the light and have it work. I don't want to know where the electricity comes from. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Crank 'Em Up: Brilliant Sales Contests and Bright Ideas to Turn on Your Team and Turn Up Results (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Autos have to turn on lights to penetrate gloom of dust storm. Amarillo, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

This then allows this hormone to turn on certain activities in that cell. For example, in bone, estrogen seems to be involved in the breakdown and rebuilding that takes place continually, keeping bone healthy and strong. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

German

andrehen (palm off, pass on, screw on, to switch on, turn on). (various references)

Hungarian

narkózik, megereszt (to anneal, to ease, to ease off, to let fly, to relax, to slacken, to soften, to veer out), kábítószert vesz be (to drug oneself), izgalmi állapotba kerül, felgyújt (burn down, set fire to, set on fire, spark, to burn down, to fire, to spark), függ vmitől (to depend on, to depend on sg, to hang on, to turn upon), bezsong (to psych out), begerjed (to go off the deep end). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

点す (to apply moxa cautery, to light), 点ける (to light up, to switch on), 灯す (to apply moxa cautery, to light), 掛ける (to begin to, to cover, to hang, to make a phone call, to multiply, to play, to pour, to put on, to sit down, to wear), 歯向う (to bite back, to defy, to oppose, to rise against, to strike back at), 歯向かう (to bite back, to defy, to oppose, to rise against, to strike back at), かき混ぜ規則 (scrambling, to dial, to start doing something), 刃向かう (to bite back, to defy, to oppose, to rise against, to strike back at). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

つける (to add, to affix, to append, to apply, to appraise, to attach, to bring alongside, to dip in, to establish, to fasten, to follow, to furnish, to give, to glue, to join, to keep, to keep a diary, to light up, to load, to make an entry, to moisten, to pickle, to place, to put, to put on, to set, to sew on, to shadow, to soak, to stick, to switch on, to wear), かける (to dial, to start doing something), はむかう (to bite back, to defy, to oppose, to rise against, to strike back at), とぼす (to light), ともす (to light). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay urntay onay

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: notturno.

-2 letters: turnon, unroot, untorn.

-3 letters: torot, trout, tutor.

-4 letters: noon, noun, onto, otto, root, roto, rout, runt, toon, toot, torn, toro, tort, tour, tout, trot, turn, unto.

-5 letters: noo, nor, not, nun, nut, oot, ort, our, out, rot, run, rut, ton, too, tor, tot, tun, tut, urn.

+3 letters: continuator.

+4 letters: construction, continuators, contribution, counterpoint, countertenor, introduction.

+5 letters: constructions, contributions, counteraction, counterpoints, countertenors, introductions, nonnutritious, overnutrition, routinization.

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