Turn Off

Definition: Turn Off

Turn Off

Verb

1. Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights".

2. Make a turn; "turn off at the parking area".

3. Cause to feel intense dislike or distaste.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Turn Off

Abrogation

Dismiss, discard; cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away; send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business; discharge, get rid of; (eject); bounce; fire, fire out; sack.

Cessation

Intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel; intermit, remit; put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill; stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check-string, pull the plug on.

Ejection

Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to.

Moderation

Tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb; (restrain); tame; (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin.

Punishment

Execute; bring to the block, bring to the gallows; behead, decapitate, guillotine; decollate; hang, turn off, gibbet, bowstring, hang draw and quarter; shoot; decimate; burn; break on the wheel, crucify; empale, impale; flay; lynch; electrocute; gas, send to the gas chamber.

Crosswords: Turn Off

From now on I'm going to employ relaxation techniques to turn off stress river and mosey gently down contentment creek. (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin)

How do you turn off that voice of reason? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Ma'am did you call us all the way up here to turn off your kid's Nintendo? (Third Watch; writing credit: Grant Taylor)

I'm sorry, I forgot to turn off my ears. (Lizzie McGuire; writing credit: Ole Kolster)

Last thing I heard her say was 'Junior, turn off those power rangers and go to bed! (My Wife and Kids; writing credit: Pierre Corneille)

So Don't turn off the lights (Don't Turn Off The Lights; performing artist: Enrique Iglesias)

Did you turn off that violent ol movie you're watchin And turn on I Love Lucy (Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning); performing artist: Alan Jackson)

Turn off the pagers and phones, we in the zone like (Between Me and You; performing artist: Ja Rule)

You can turn off the sun (The Remedy (I Won't Worry); performing artist: JASON MRAZ)

They can't turn off my feelings (Take Me Home; performing artist: Phil Collins)

It is OK to let your mind go blank, but please turn off the sound. (references; author: unknown)

Turn Off the Moon (1937)

Turn Off The Light (performing artist: Nelly Furtado)

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

Books

• Turn Off the Fat Genes: The Revolutionary Guide to Losing Weight (reference)

• Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Turn Off the Sun? (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Turn Off Your Mind, Relax And Float Downstream (reference)

• Turn Off the Radio (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

It was necessary to change the route, and the shortest way was to turn off by the boulevard.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

During conversations, turn off the radio or television. (references)

Another subset of regulatory T cells acts to turn off or suppress immune cells. (references)

This nasal spray helps turn off the allergic process in the nose before it starts. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

In March Nizhniy Novgorod's regional head administrator Sergey Vasin enlisted the aid of local police to turn off the local television transmitter, because he claimed that he had been denied legally mandated access to airwaves during his campaign. (references)

Economic History

Bahrain

U.S. companies that normally turn off their faxes after business hours should keep in mind that they are potentially losing business from foreign firms, as for many of these the business day falls during the U.S. night. (references)

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

Expressions using "turn off": To turn off ♦ turn off the computer ♦ turn off the electricity ♦ turn off the engine ♦ turn off the light ♦ turn off the radio ♦ turn off the tap. Additional references.

Afrikaans

afskakel (cut, cut a connection, shut, shut off, stop, switch, switch off), afsit (amputate, depose, deposit, deprive, dismiss, halt, put off, shut, shut off, stop, switch, switch off, take, take off). (various references)

Albanian

shuaj (beat out, blanket, blow out, Burke, clean off, damp, delete, douse, drown, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, kill, obliterate, out, quash, quell, quench, rake out, remove, scratch out, settle, slack, slake, suppress, ungear, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wither), mbyll (bung, calk, caulk, close, close up, commit, confine, crib, dry up, encase, enclose, encompass, end, entomb, fasten, furl, glue up, hush up, impound, inclose, key, lap, obturate, occlude, pen, screw on, seal, shut, shut down, shut up, shutter, stop, stop up, stuff, suffuse, wind up, wrap up), fik (destroy, douse, extinguish, fig, fig tree, out, ruin, slake, switch off, ungear, wipe out). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قفل (block out, close, confine, enclose, fastener, inclose, latch, lock, obstruct, padlock, pen, plug, shut, shut down, shut out, shutter), ‏تخلص من (clear off, disembarrass, disengage, disposal, dispose of, ditch, do dispose of, doff, drown, elimination, escape, exorcise, exorcize, free, get out of, get rid of, jettison, liquidate, mop up, outgrow, polish up, put off, rid, scrap, sell up, shake, shake off, slough, turn, weed, weed out, work off), ‏طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, eliminate, elimination, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fence, fight down, get off, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, poke, put out, removal, remove, repel, rout, sack, scat, send, send packing, sending away, shake, shrift, sling out, spurn, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn away, turn out), ‏أوقف (arrest, arrested, break, can, cease, challenge, check, choke, cut, cut out, discontinue, estop, garage, halt, hinder, intercept, kill, nick, nobble, obstruct, pull in, shut off, stand, stay, stem, stop), ‏أطفأ النور, ‏أطفأ (blow out, douse, extinguish, go out, put out, quench, snuff out, stamp out, switch off), ‏أصبح (be, become, fall, go, turn into, turn out, wax). (various references)

Aymara

jihuayaña (to turn off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отегчавам (bore, bother, pester, tire, weary), извършвам (achieve, act, bring about, effect, execute, perform, pull, put through, transact), превъртам (tumble about), завивам (blanket, swing, tuck, turn, turn down, wrap), завъртам (screw, switch, turn, turn on, twist, wind), загубвам интерес към, затварям (case, cicatrize, close, constrain, douse, enclose, gaol, hem, house, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, latch, lock, lock up, mew, obturate, pen, prison, pull to, restrain, screw up, seal off, shut, shut away, shut in, shut up, stop), обесвам (be hanged, gibbet, halter, scrag, string up, suspend, swing), досаждам на (roil), отблъсквам (avert, beat off, counter, drive back, estrange, fight off, foil, head off, jar, press back, push away, push back, put off, rebuff, reject, repulse, resist, spurn, stave off, throw back, thrust aside, ward), увонявам, отвличам (abduct, abstract, call off, carry off, distract, divert, hijack, kidnap, reave, snatch away, steal away, take away), отвращавам (disgust, horrify, nauseate, pip, repel, repulse, revolt, shock, sicken), отклонявам (abduct, avert, bend, call off, deflect, detract, deviate, disincline, divagate, divert, fence off, head off, put off, shunt, siphon off, stave off, swerve, throw down, throw off, turn aside, wave away), отклонявам се (break, depart, deviate, digress, dissent, diverge, dodge, oblique, part, run off, stray, swerve, swing, take off, turn aside, wander), освобождавам (discharge, disencumber, disengage, dispense, emancipate, enfranchise, exempt, extricate, free, give off, let loose, liberate, loose, make free, manumit, redeem, release, remit, rescue, set free, unbar, unbind, unburden, uncork, unfasten, unhand, unloose, unpen, unshackle, vacate), развалям се (addle, conk, fail, go bad, taint, turn, turn sour), свършвам (accomplish, adjourn, be through with smth., clear away, end, finish, job, put through, run short, shoot away, sink, wind up, work out), оженвам (give in marriage, hitch, marry, marry off, mate, pair, splice). (various references)

Chinese 

關 (door-screen, exhausted, late, mountain pass, to close, to concern, to involve, to shut, to turn off). (various references)

Czech

zhasnout (black out, douse, fizzle out, go off, go out, pack up, snuff out, switch off, turn out), zavřít (close, close down, coop up, fasten, imprison, pin, shut, shut down), vypnout (cut off, switch off, uncouple, unwind), propustit (discharge, dismiss, displace, let off, let out, relegate, remove, sack, turn away, unbend), povìsit (hang, hang up, string up, tie up), přerušit (abort, adjourn, black out, break off, cut off, cut short, discontinue, disrupt, intermit, interrupt, split up, stop, suspend, terminate), oddat (marry, Wed). (various references)

Danish

afbryde (break, cut, cut a connection, interrupt, shut off, stop, switch off). (various references)

Dutch

afzetten (amputate, amputation, depose, deposit, deprive, dismiss, fit out, fleece, garnish, put off, shut off, stop, switch off, take off, trim). (various references)

Esperanto

malfunkciigi (shut off, stop, switch off), malŝalti (shut off, stop, switch off), elŝalti. (various references)

Finnish

vääntää kiinni, sammuttaa (extinguish, put out, quench, switch off), poiketa (aberrate, deviate, digress, diverge differ, turn, turn aside). (various references)

French

arrêter. (various references)

German

abstellen (bring to an end, cut off, disconnect, gear, intercept, order off, Park, put away from, put down, put off, release, second, shut off, stop, switch off, to cut off, to intercept, to park, to suppress, to switch off, to turn off, turn out), ausschalten (deactivate, disconnect, eliminate, kill, oust, power down, put off, put out, shut off, shut out, switch off, to disable, to discard, to disconnect, to switch off, to turn off, uncouple). (various references)

Greek 

κλείνω (close, close down, close up, cover over, shut, to close), σβήνω (blow out, burn out, delete, die out, erase, extinguish, fade away, faint, go out, obliterate, put out, quench, rub out, slake, snuff, snuff out, switch off, wipe out). (various references)

Hebrew 

לס�'ור במפסק (shut up). (various references)

Hungarian

lekapcsol (switch off, to uncouple, to unhitch), lefordul, irányváltoztatás (changeover), elzár (close, cut off, dam, debar, lock up, mew, obstruct, obturate, occlude, seclude, shut in, shut off, shut up, switch off, to block, to bung, to bung up, to caulk, to choke up, to clog, to confine, to debar, to immure, to list, to mew, to obliterate, to obturate, to occlude, to seclude, to shut away, to shut in, to shut off, to shut out, to strangulate, to turn off), elolt (blow out, extinguish, stifle, to extinguish, to quench, to slake, to smother, to turn off). (various references)

Indonesian

menutup (close, conclude, shut), mematikan (mortal, off, switch off). (various references)

Italian

strada laterale, spegnersi (burn out, expire), chiudere (balance, bar, cancel, close, enclose, end, furl, inclose, lock, put down, restrict, seal, shut, shut up, switch off, to close, turn out, wind up, withdraw). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

消す (to delete, to erase, to turn off power). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きる (to be through, to behead, to break off, to carve, to chop, to clip, to complete, to cross, to cut, to cut down, to disconnect, to discount, to fell, to finish, to hang up, to hash, to murder, to pause, to punch, to put on, to saw, to sell below cost, to sever, to shakeoff, to shear, to slice, to strip, to turn off, to wear), で�"�'�"�'きる (to turn off power), けす (to be reduced, to change into, to convert to, to delete, to erase, to improve, to influence, to transform, to turn off power), とめる (to detain, to fasten, to give shelter to, to halt, to lodge, to stop, to turn off). (various references)

Manx

mooghey (blank off, blot out, blow out, choking, damp, drown, dull, expire, extinction, extinguish, gulp back, hold back, hush up, jam, quench, shut off, stamp out, stifle, suppress, switch off), crouw-raad. (various references)

Norwegian

slå av. (various references)

Pig Latin

urntay offay

Portuguese

fechar (bar, berate, box, chain, close, coffin, drub, fasten, immure, impound, lock, mure, occlude, pen, pin down, rail, seal, shut, shut in, snap, stop up, stopple, to close), despedir (cashier, dismiss, displace, dispose of, drive away, fire, fling, pay off, remove, sack, speed), desligar (break, detach, disconnect, hang up, out, separate, switch off, unbind, unlink, unplug, untie), apagar (abrade, dele, delete, douse, efface, erase, extinguish, obliterate, out, put out, quench, rub out, scrape off, turn out, wipe off, zap). (various references)

Romanian

concedia (boot, discard, discharge, dismiss, drum out, fire, give notice, pay off, put out, retire, sack, shelve, suspend), întrerupe curentul electric. (various references)

Russian 

выключать (cut off, key off, key out, open, shut off, switch, throw out, throw out of action, turn out, ungear). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zavrnuti (clinch, roll up, tighten, twist, wring), ugasiti (douse, extinguish, put out, quench, slake, snuff, switch off, turn out), skrenuti s puta (turn in), otpustiti (depressurize, discharge, dismiss, fire, lay off, release, send away), ohladiti (chill, cool down), izazvati gađenje (cause disgust), isključiti (deal out, debar, declutch, disconnect, except, exclude, preclude, proscribe, rule out, shut out, unplug). (various references)

Spanish

parar (arrest, bring to, bring up, catch, cease, check, come to a halt, cut, decide, deter, end, end up, get, give up, gum up, halt, hold up, interrupt, lead, Parry, pull up, put up, save, set, shut off, stand up, stay, stop, stop to think, stopping, switch off, tie up, trap, turn away, ward off). (various references)

Swedish

vrida av, vika av (swerve), stänga av (cut, cut off, disable, disconnect, kill, shut off, switch off, unload), slåcka, skruva av (unscrew), focka (sack). (various references)

Turkish

tâli yol (accommodation road, ancillary road, side road, sideline, slip road, turnout), savuşturmak (avoid, beat off, evade, fend off, get rid of, Parry, ward off), sapmak (bear, deflect, detour, deviate, digress, diverge, diverge from, lapse, lead away from, oblique, sheer, sheer away, sheer from, sheer off, slant, stray, swerve, swing, turn, turn aside, turn up, wander, wander off), söndürmek (attenuate, damp, damp down, dampen, deflate, douse, dowse, extinguish, hydrate, kill, put out, quench, slack, slacken, slake, snuff out, suffocate, switch off, trample out, turn out), kapamak (block, block up, bung up, close, confine, coop, coop in, coop up, cover, cover in, encase, fence in, hang up, obstruct, obturate, occlude, seal, shut, shut down, shut in, shut out, shut to, shut up, shutter, stop, stop up, top, turn out, wind up, wipe out), işten çıkarmak (decapitate, discharge, dismiss, fire, give smb. the gate, lay off), canını sıkmak (annoy, bait, bother, cast down, devil, disgruntle, displease, distress oneself, fash, get in one's hair, give smb. the hump, give the hump, give the pips, hassle, irk, offput, put about, put off, ruffle smb.'s temper, trouble, vex), ayrılma (breakaway, breakup, check out, cleavage, decampment, defection, departure, deviation, disconnection, disconnexion, disjunction, dissociation, disunion, divergence, divergency, divorce, excursion, leave taking, leaving, parting, scission, secession, secessional, segregation, separation, sequestration, severance, split, split up, sunder, sunderance), ayırma (abstraction, appropriation, assortment, combout, cull, detachment, dissociation, distinction, division, estrangement, fractionation, insularity, isolation, partition, reduction, resolution, screening, segregation, segregative, seperation, sequestration, severance, sunder, sunderance, throw out). (various references)

Turkmen 

sцndьrmek (extinguish, turn off a light). (various references)

Ukrainian

готова продукція, вимкнути (open, unplug), звертати, поворот (bend, slew, slue, turn, turnabout, turning, veer, veering, wheeling, wind). (various references)

Zulu

-vala (close, shut, shut off, stop, switch off). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: turnoff.

-1 letter: runoff.

-2 letters: fount, front, futon.

-3 letters: font, fort, four, rout, ruff, runt, toff, tofu, torn, tour, tuff, turf, turn, unto.

-4 letters: fon, for, fou, fro, fun, fur, nor, not, nut, off, oft, ort, our, out, rot, run, rut, ton, tor, tun, urn.

-5 letters: no, nu, of, on, or, to, un, ut.

+1 letter: turnoffs.

+4 letters: insufflator, unfortified.

+5 letters: counteroffer, insufflators, overstuffing.