Turned

Definition: Turned

Turned

Adjective

1. Moved around an axis or center.

2. In an unpalatable state; "sour milk".

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

Date "turned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Turned

Age

Turned of, years old; of a certain age, no chicken, old as Methuselah; ancestral, patriarchal; (ancient); gerontic.

Elegance

Well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods; the right word in the right place;well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods; the right word in the right place; antithesis.

Excitation

Phrase: the heart beating high, the heart going pitapat, the heart leaping into one's mouth; the blood being up, the blood boiling in one's veins; the eye glistening - "in a fine frenzy rolling"; the head turned; "when the going gets tough, the tough get going".

Crosswords: Turned

I need a sign that you've turned over a new leaf (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

The plan, as it turned out, was as simple and as dumb as anything we'd ever done (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson)

You turned around (Mission: Impossible II; writing credit: Bruce Geller; Ronald D. Moore)

The only reason I ain't signing is cause you've turned into some hoity toity yankee bitch and I'd like nothing more than to piss you off (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox)

Well she turned me into a newt (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

The weather's turned and all the lines are down (Things We Do For Love; performing artist: 10 CC)

Seems the dreams she had have all turned black and blue (Birmingham; performing artist: Amanda Marshall)

Looks up at the man that she turned down (Sk8er Boi; performing artist: Avril Lavigne)

But then I turned on the TV (What's My Age Again?; performing artist: Blink-182)

Soon turned out had a heart of glass ("Heart of Glass"; performing artist: Blondie)

Old folks say, "My wild oats have turned to prunes and All Bran. (references; author: unknown)

The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts. (references; author: unknown)

The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)

Turned Out Nice Again (1941)

The Mouse That Turned (1924)

Turned Back (1914)

When the Ham Turned (1914)

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

Books

• And the Waters Turned to Blood: The Ultimate Biological Threat (reference)

• Landscape Turned Red (reference)

• The Cat Who Turned on and Off (reference)

• The Double-Cross System: The Incredible True Story of How Nazi Spies Were Turned into Double Agents (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Rejected! Turned Down! Ignored! and #*?/@ On! (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (reference)

• Toscanini and Mussolini: The Tables Are Turned (reference)

• Model Turned Programmer (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Shown is a radiology technician preparing a 42 year old white woman for a mammogram. The technician is positioning the paddle that compresses the breast. The patient's face is turned towards the technician, away from the camera, and her right shoulder and breast are exposed. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

(4) color slides show a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, the top slice of bread is turned clockwise so as to see the peanut butter and jelly filling. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

When 17th-century astronomers first turned their telescopes to Jupiter, they noted a ... Credit: NASA.

Namaqualand in South Africa is known as the "gem of the Northern Cape." Portions of this area were turned into a national park in 1999, to preserve the abundant wildlife and brilliant wildflowers native to the area. Credit: NASA.

Truck No. 400 turned upside down in a previously dry creek Caught in a freshet and floated 200 yards downstream Triangulation party of Maurice A. Hecht. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Volunteers helping clean up the wetlands and waterfront area around Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. Local NOAA personnel turned out in force for this event including Dr. Russ Bellmer of the NOAA NMFS Office of Habitat Conservation. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Figure 38. Percussion current meter invented by Julien Thoulet. Top: Number 99 0610. Bottom: Number 99 0611. When the helix turned it caused a striker to fall on a steel plate. The sound of this was recorded by a hydrophone and the number of recorded sounds per unit time was directly related to current strength . This was tested off Monaco by Dr. Jules Richard in 1921. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Prince Albert I of Monaco and members of the scientific complement conferring with Captain G. Isachsen of the Norwegian Army, an Arctic explorer of note. Left to right: Commander Carr (back turned); L. Tinayre; Captain Isachsen; Hergesell; A. Fuhrmeister; and Prince Albert I. Plate V, print 1. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Now San Francisco-style sourdough bread can be baked anywhere in the world. Which turned out not to be bad news for the City by the Bay. Pure cultures of L. sanfranciscoare now grown commercially and are commonly used by San Francisco bakers to control the quality of their product. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Lichen at Point Colville with a depression of possibly a foot print where someone turned. Credit: John Craig.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The weapons with which the bourgeoisie felled feudalism to the ground are now turned against the bourgeoisie itself. (reference)

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Mr. Elton then turned back to accompany them

He turned to the angry fishermen

He turned it gently, and sidled his face in, round the door

Got some good vaults in the college that could be turned over to the purpose

My eyes fastened themselves upon the old scarlet letter, and would not be turned aside

Marius turned quickly and saw a young girl

He turned into the pillared hall, now calmly lit, went up the staircase and passed in through the clicking turnstile

His secret eyes turned on his passenger

I turned about several times to the company, paid my humble respects, said they were welcome, and used some other speeches I had been taught

With consummate skill he has set his trap with a hair springe to catch comfort and independence, and then, as he turned away, got his own leg into it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

They have turned up evidence linking this decline to memory impairment. (references)

Research studies have turned up several clues as to the cause of cluster headache, but no answers. (references)

ApoE, it turned out, is much more common among Alzheimer's patients than among the general population. (references)

Business

This requirement has turned into a burden because of corruption. (references)

In 1927, Chiang turned on the CCP and executed many of its leaders. (references)

U.K. Residents seek the sun, and have turned Florida into a prime market in the summer. (references)

Children

Congo

Some have turned to prostitution or petty theft. (references)

Civil Liberties

Panama

When protests turned violent, police responded with tear gas. (references)

Swaziland

Police turned down the application, and the meeting was not held. (references)

Economic History

Costa Rica

Investment has turned in recent years toward manufacturing. (references)

Angola

The coalition quickly broke down and turned into a civil war. (references)

Angola

Portugal's primary interest in Angola quickly turned to slavery. (references)

Human Rights

Venezuela

The army has stated that it immediately turned the two men over to the DISIP. (references)

Lebanon

Nine of those turned over remained in custody at year's end, including Abu Haytham Karara, an official of the Progressive Socialist Party. (references)

Argentina

On one occasion, when she picked up Gonzalez at the police station, she was told that next time he would be turned over to her in a casket like her other son. (references)

Indigenous People

Nicaragua

In return, the Government made a number of promises to the Miskitos including land to fighters who turned in their arms, support for housing for Yatama-affiliated families, agricultural credits, protection of traditional Amerindian fishing rights, and resolution of long-standing disputes over the boundaries of communal Miskito land. (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

Reportedly the taunts turned to physical assaults, and many of the Roma fought back. (references)

Croatia

However, anti-Semitic letters were mailed to the Jewish Center in Zagreb in April and May and were turned over to the police; no arrests were made. (references)

Political Economy

BRAZIL

Within the industrial sector, mining turned in the best performance with 11.5 percent growth. (references)

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Since 1992, the government has successfully turned the state-controlled economy into a market-driven one. (references)

Guyana

A period of social unrest and insecurity, which occasionally turned violent, followed the March 2001 general elections. (references)

Political Rights

Yemen

In two separate incidents in Taiz governorate on February 21, four persons were killed in the GPC-Islaah exchange of gunfire, and four security officials were wounded when a dispute over vote counting reportedly turned violent. (references)

Morocco

The Interior Minister also reported that the Ministry had turned the cases over to the Justice Ministry for further action, and that the Government "is going to do its duty." However, by year's end, few of the cases involving electoral fraud had been presented before the courts and prosecuted. (references)

Trade

Austria

Products that are inadequately labeled are not turned away at the border. (references)

Travel

Nigeria

Visitors can be turned back at the port of entry if their yellow fever immunization is not current. (references)

Indonesia

In Jakarta, make certain the taximeter is turned on. In other cities it may be common for drivers to negotiate a price rather than use the meter. (references)

Korea

Your offer may include the best price, technology and profit potential but still be turned down because the Korean customer does not like your style. (references)

Women

Kuwait

Several of the cases were turned down on procedural grounds; the two that remained active at year's end repeatedly had faced temporary adjournments. (references)

Worker Rights

El Salvador

When their parents could not be found, they were turned over to the ISPM. (references)

Bangladesh

During the year, the EPZ's experienced several strikes, some of which turned violent. (references)

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

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Turned back

Expressions using "turned": be turned ♦ be turned off ♦ be turned on ♦ be turned out ♦ get turned on by smb. ♦ he turned to me for help ♦ he turned towards me ♦ it turned on a hair ♦ it turned to dust ♦ the day has turned fine ♦ the milk has turned ♦ things have so turned out that ♦ To be turned of ♦ turned aside ♦ turned away ♦ turned back on itself ♦ turned down ♦ turned in the lathe ♦ turned inside out ♦ turned off ♦ turned on ♦ turned out ♦ turned over ♦ turned over edge ♦ turned pale ♦ turned welt ♦ well turned. Additional references.

Beginning with "turned": turned-back, turned-down, turned-in, turned-inside-out, turned-off, turned-on, turned-out, turned-out-toes, turned-over, turned-publican, turned-slightly, turned-up, turned-up nose.

Ending with "turned": down-turned, half-turned, hand-turned, well-turned.

Containing "turned": poacher-turned-gamekeeper.

Albanian

i thartuar (acidic, fermented, sour, wry), i prodhuar në makinë, i prishur (addle, addled, annulled, broken, corrupt, decayed, depraved, disconcerted, flyblown, godforsaken, haywire, high, perverted, putrid, rancid, rot, rotten, sour, spoilt, tainted, unsound), i krimbur (grubby, lousy, maggoty, rotten, wormy). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منحن (circumflex, compass, crooked, curved), ‏مقلوب (overturned, upset). (various references)

Bulgarian 

завъртян (twisted), променен. (various references)

Chinese 

转动 (rotate, rotated, rotating, spinning, Spun, Trundled, Trundling, turning, twirl, Wheeled, Wheeling). (various references)

Czech

pìknì vyjádřený (well turned), obrácený (counter, inverse, revers, reverse, turned over, upside down). (various references)

Danish

skæv (bevel, blocked, coating, high, oblique, skew, turned on), omlagt rand (reinforced rim, turned rim), omlagt kant (reinforced rim, turned rim), ombøjet strømpe-dobbeltkant (turned welt), konfiguration med det indre kraenget ud (configuration turned inside out), høj (high, lofty, loud, tall), efter en drejning paa 180 grader bliver den nye oevre vaeg beklaedt med soejlekrystaller,medens den nye nedre vaeg er udsat for et nedfald af ligeaksede korn (after being turned over through 180 degrees, the new upper wall becomes covered with columnar grains, while the new lower wall is subjected to a rain of equiaxed grains), drejet sten (turned stone), drejet bolt (turned bolt), denne bundfaeldning af krystaller er blevet demonstreret ved forsoeg med udstoebninger,der er blevet vendt paa hovedet,foer den fuldstaendige stoerkning (this precipitation of crystals has been clearly demonstrated by tests in which castings are turned upside down before solidification is complete). (various references)

Dutch

turned welt (turned welt), X-benen (knock-kneed legs, turned-in legs), pijpen met omgekraagde einden (turned ends of the pipes), omgezette rand (bend, bent over edge, bulb, elbow, flange, flanged edge, turned over edge), omgeslagen (turned in), omgelegde rand (reinforced rim, turned rim), naar binnen gebogen (turned in), na het omkeren over 180 deg.wordt de nieuwe bovenzijde bedekt met stengelkristallen,terwijl de nieuwe onderzijde is blootgesteld aan neerslag die uit equi-axiale korrels bestaat (after being turned over through 180 degrees, the new upper wall becomes covered with columnar grains, while the new lower wall is subjected to a rain of equiaxed grains), high (high), gedraaide bout (turned bolt), gedraaid steentje (turned stone), geïnactiveerd gen (turned-off gene), deze precipitatie van kristallen is duidelijk aangetoond door proeven waarbij gietstukken werden omgekeerd voordat zij volledig waren gestold (this precipitation of crystals has been clearly demonstrated by tests in which castings are turned upside down before solidification is complete), configuratie binnenste-buiten (configuration turned inside out), akoestische systemen met een lange basislijn zijn gelijk aan binnenste buiten of onderste boven gekeerde systemen met een korte basislijn;één enkel baken kan bijvoorbeeld onder het schip zijn opgehangen en het schip kan zich bevinden in het midden van e (long base line acoustic systems are similar to short base line systems turned inside out or upside down;for example). (various references)

Esperanto

ikskruroj (knock kneed legs, turned-in legs). (various references)

Finnish

sorvattu ruuvi (turned bolt), sorvattu pultti (turned bolt), sisään kääntynyt reunasulatus (turned in), sisään kääntynyt reuna (turned in), onni on kääntynyt (the luck has turned), miten asian on käynyt (how has it turned out? what was the outcome?), kohdistua (affect, apply to, be concerned with, be directed, be turned), kaulus pystyssä (with one's collar turned up), käännetty reuna (crimp, reinforced rim, turned rim), ilmeni (että hän oli, he turned out to be), hylättiin (reject, was turned down), hapantua (sour, turned sour). (various references)

French

tournai, tournées, tourné, tournâmes, tournèrent, tourna. (various references)

German

geschaltet (switched, toggled), drehten, drehte (swiveled, twirled, wangled). (various references)

Greek 

φτιαγμένος (blocked, coating, high, turned on), Γυρισμένα άκρα (turned in), τορνευμένη πέτρα (turned stone), ενισχυμένο χείλος (reinforced rim, turned rim), η κατακρήμνιση αυτή των κρυστάλλων έγινε δυνατό να αποκαλυφθεί μέσω δοκιμών με χρήση ανεστραμένων τύπων πριν την στερεοποίηση (this precipitation of crystals has been clearly demonstrated by tests in which castings are turned upside down before solidification is complete), καλοδιατυπώμενοσ (well turned), χείλος καράφας (reinforced rim, turned rim), χείλος κεκαμμένο στη στράντζα (bent over edge, flange, flanged edge, turned over edge), μέτωπο προσβολής κεκαμμένο σε καμπτική μηχανή (bent over edge, flange, flanged edge, turned over edge), ξινισμένος (sour, turned sour), γυριστό φικάρι (turned welt), κατόπιν αναστροφής κατά 180°,το καινούργιο ανώτερο τοίχωμα αρχίζει να καλύπτεται από βασαλτικούς κρυσταλλίτες ενώ το καινούργιο κατώτερο τ (after being turned over through 180 degrees, the new upper wall becomes covered with columnar grains, while the new lower wall is subjected to a rain of equiaxed grains), εστραμμένος κοχλίας (turned bolt). (various references)

Hebrew 

מורד (dismounted, lowered, turned down), מוסח (deflected, distracted, diverted, turned aside), שמוט (disengaged, disengagement, dislocation, drawing out, hanging, turned aside), הפוך (contrary, converse, inverse, inversion, inverted, obverse, overturned, reverse, tumble, turned upside down, turning over, upside down). (various references)

Hungarian

esztergált. (various references)

Indonesian

terbelokkan (distorted, shifted). (various references)

Italian

uscire (be drawn, be issued, be turned out, come out, exit, get out, go, go out, leave, stick up, walk out), spento (dead, dull, erased, extinct, faded, muffled, off, out, sad, switched off, turned off), risvolto (cuff, facing, fly, lapel), Questa precipitazione di cristalli venne messa in evidenza con esperimenti su getti che furono capovolti prima del completamento della solidificazione (this precipitation of crystals has been clearly demonstrated by tests in which castings are turned upside down before solidification is complete), pietra tornita (turned stone), orlo girato (turned welt), marmo tornito (turned marble), gene inibito (turned-off gene), fatto (action, business, case, deed, done, event, fact, fit, made, matter, occurrence, truth), Dopo un rovesciamento di 180 gradi la nuova parete superiore si ricopre di cristalli colonnari, mentre la nuova parete inferiore riceve una precipitazione formata da cristalli equiassiali (after being turned over through 180 degrees, the new upper wall becomes covered with columnar grains, while the new lower wall is subjected to a rain of equiaxed grains), configurazione rovesciata (configuration turned inside out), bullone tornito (turned bolt), bordo risvoltato (reinforced rim, turned rim), bordo flangiato (bent over edge, flange, flanged edge, turned over edge). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

逆睫 (ingrown eyelashes, trichiasis, turned-in eyelashes), 逆さ睫 (ingrown eyelashes, trichiasis, turned-in eyelashes), 時計回り (turned clockwise), 折り襟 (lapel, turned-down collar). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おりえり (lapel, turned-down collar), さかまつげ (ingrown eyelashes, trichiasis, turned-in eyelashes), さかさまつげ (ingrown eyelashes, trichiasis, turned-in eyelashes), とけいまわり (turned clockwise). (various references)

Korean 

도는 (Circled, rounded). (various references)

Manx

deillit (lathe-turned). (various references)

Pig Latin

urnedtay.(various references)

Portuguese

torneado, virado (over, upset, upside down). (various references)

Romanian

strunjit (turned in the lathe), s-a fãcut praf (it turned to dust), mi-a cerut ajutor (he turned to me for help), laptele s-a stricat (the milk has turned), fãcut la strung (turned in the lathe), el s-a întors spre mine (he turned towards me). (various references)

Russian 

поворачивать (bend, slue round, slues, turn, turning), перевернутый (converse), перелицованный, изготовленный на станке. (various references)

Scottish

meile (the thick stick by which the quern is turned). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

izvrnut (become distorted, distorted, twisted). (various references)

Spanish

trastornado (deranged, dislocated, disordered, disrupted, disturbed, moonstruck, unsettled), transformado, torcido (askew, awry, bent, crooked, distorted, furious, kinky, strained, wry), girado (deranged, drawee, gyrate), atornillado, cambiado (apped, deflected, degenerate, dislocated, distorted, interchanged), convertido (convert), destornillado, desviado (aberrated, awry, deflected, detour, deviant, devious, remote), agriado (hot fermentation taste, hot taste), doblado (bending over, bent, double, dub, in duplicate), vuelto (change), mudado (converting), pasado (background, bad, beyond, bygone, departed, diluted, erstwhile, ex, foretime, former, gone, gone by, high, lapsed, last, off, old fashioned, outmoded, overblown, overpast, overripe, passed, past, preterit, preterite, rotten, sleepy, stale, tacky, tainted, worn), revuelto (churned, fumbling, higgledy-piggledy, scrambled, troubled, unruly), dirigido (addressed, guided, kept, leaded, looped). (various references)

Swedish

tända på ngn. (get turned on by smb.), välformulerad (well turned), välformad (clean, well turned, well-rounded), utochinvänd (turned inside out), svarvad bult (turned bolt), omvikt kant (reinforced rim, turned rim), konfiguration inverterad till att ha insidan utåt (configuration turned inside out), infallen kant efter avsmältning (turned in), förbytas (be turned, change), det har fogat sig så att (things have so turned out that), bortvänd (turned away). (various references)

Turkish

tornada işlenmiş, katlanmış (bent, folded, pleated, pursy, turnup), kıvrık (bent, convoluted, folded, serpentine, turned down, turned-in, twisted), dönük. (various references)

Ukrainian

виготовлений на верстаті, обточений, перелицьований. (various references)

Welsh

troe%dig (converted). (various references)

aversa, aversae, aversi, aversum, aversus. (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words ending with "turned": inturned, overturned, returned, unturned, upturned. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Turned" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Furnad, furned, tarne, terne, thured, torne, torned, tournee, tournet, Tournod, Truande, Truden, trund, trunked, Trurnit, Trutnov, turbed, tured, turen, turend, turened, turnan, turne, turnen, turnid. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: nuder, trend, trued, tuned, tuner, under.

-2 letters: dent, duet, dune, dunt, dure, durn, nerd, nude, nurd, rend, rent, rude, rued, rune, runt, tend, tern, true, tune, turd, turn, unde.

-3 letters: den, due, dun, end, ern, net, nut, red, ret, rue, run, rut, ted, ten, tun, urd, urn.

-4 letters: de, ed, en, er, et, ne.

+1 letter: daunter, denture, grunted, intrude, natured, prudent, retuned, rundlet, tenured, thunder, trudgen, trundle, trunked, turdine, undrest, unrated, untired, untread, untried, uptrend.

+2 letters: breadnut, cornuted, daunters, denature, dentural, dentures, deuteron, drunkest, durndest, fortuned, gruntled, indurate, intruded, intruder, intrudes, inturned, neutered, nurtured, reinduct, retinued, returned, reunited, roundest, roundlet, rudiment, ruinated, rundlets, sederunt, strunted, subtrend, thunders, thundery, tonsured, transude,