a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind"
channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium"
an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn"
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;
to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"
a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive