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[Verb] | "turn on"

1: to activate or cause to flow, operate, or function by or as if by turning a control

2: to move pleasurably; also : to excite sexually

3: to cause to gain knowledge or appreciation of something specified

Origin: 1824 ;

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[Verb] | "turn" | \ ˈtərn \

1: to cause to move around an axis or a center : make rotate or revolve

2: to cause to move around so as to effect a desired end (as of locking, opening, or shutting)

3: to affect or alter the functioning of (something, such as a mechanical device) or the level of (something, such as sound) by such movement

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English turnen, tornen, in part going back to Old English tyrnan, turnian "to move round on an axis, come round cyclically, cause to move about an axis, shift position," borrowed from early Medieval Latin tornāre, going back to Latin, "to make round by turning on a lathe," derivative of tornus "lathe," borrowed from Greek tórnos "peg and string used to trace circles, central point, lathe"; in part borrowed from Anglo-French turner, torner, tourner (also continental Old French), going back to early Medieval Latin tornāre; Greek tórnos going back to Indo-European *torh1-n-o, derivative of the verbal base *terh1- "rub, bore" {mat|trite|};

* Note : The Latin etymon was loaned into Old English as both a Class 1 and Class 2 weak verb; for details of forms see: the Oxford English Dictionary, third edition. In the sequence *torh1-n-o- the loss of the laryngeal is apparently regular in the environment -VRHnV-.;

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(1) - { spin/turn on one's heel } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Idiom] | "spin/turn on one's heel"

1: to turn away from someone in a very quick or sudden way

(1) - { turn on the waterworks } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Idiom] | "turn on the waterworks"

1: to start crying especially in order to get sympathy from someone

(1) - { turn (someone) on to (something) } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Idiom] | "turn (someone) on to (something)"

1: to cause (someone) to use or become interested in (something) for the first time

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(1) - { turn (on) } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "turn (on)"

1: to take sudden, violent action against;

* e.g., " ... it is dangerous to keep tigers as house pets, as they often turn on their masters without warning "

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[Verb] | "turn on"

1: to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings;

* e.g., " ... unsurprisingly, the fanboys were turned on by the movie's amazing special effects and slam-bang plot "

2: to cause to function;

* e.g., " ... would you turn on the TV? "

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[Verb] | "turn"

1: to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis;

* e.g., " ... turned the doorknob as quietly as possible "

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2: to change the course or direction of (something);

* e.g., " ... the dog turned the stampeding flock of sheep around "

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3: to change one's course or direction;

* e.g., " ... we turned left at the light "

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[Verb] | "turn (to)"

1: to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage;

* e.g., " ... no need to turn to violence when we can talk things out peacefully "

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[Noun] | "turn-on"

1: something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain;

* e.g., " ... knew the offer of free pizza would be a major turn-on to the pair of teenagers she had just asked to help her move "

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(1) - { turn one's back on } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Phrase] | "turn one's back on"

1: to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to;

* e.g., " ... Despite encouragement from his teachers, he turned his back on college. "

Antonyms :
accept,
agree (to),
approve

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