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    [Adjective]  | "turned-on" | \ ˈtərnd-ˈȯn \


    1: keenly aware of and responsive to what is new and fashionable : hip

    Origin: 1966 ;

    [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 ;

    [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-.;

    [Noun]  | "the heat" 


    1: pressure to do something

    [Noun]  | "the spotlight" 


    1: public attention or notice

    [Adjective]  | "turned-on" 


    1: keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment;


      * e.g., " ... a film genre that today's turned-on moviegoers seem little interested in "




    [Verb]  | "turned (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]  | "turned 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 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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    [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. "




    [Phrase]  | "turned 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. "




     [ "turned on" ]

    1: sexually excited, sexually aroused, sexually stimulated

      * e.g.,  ... I'll bet he was turned on when he saw her with her pants down. We all know he is a pervert. 

     [ "turned on" ]

    1: 1)to have an erection

      * e.g.,  ... man did you see the way she was lookin? 

     [ "turned on" ]

    2: 2)to become excited

      * e.g.,  ... i got sooo turned on 

     [ "turned on" ]

    1: When you are on a first person shooting game e.g. Call of Duty, when an enemy is shooting you from behind, and you turn around and kill him.

      * e.g.,  ... iReasonZ x got turned on.. 

     [ "turn/turning" ]

    1: drink alcoholic beverages /drinking alcoholic beverages, for the purpose of intoxication; get drunk/the process of getting drunk (From "Turning one's glass/can up ;To raise a glass/can in drink

      * e.g.,  ... "God, I made a FOOL out of myself last night and trashed the Camaro, but , what the hell, I was turning, so, it was fun...I think..." 

     [ "Turn on" ]

    1: When one turns on the lights to read their holy bible

      * e.g.,  ... i’m just gonna go turn on the lights and grab my bible 

     [ "turn in" ]

    1: To go to sleep.

      * e.g.,  ... John: "I'm gonna go turn in." Robert: "Good night!" 

     [ "turn on" ]

    1: A turn on is something that makes you really excited or really horny. when you're with your lover..it makes you want more.

      * e.g.,  ... Moaning is such a turn on. 

     [ "Turn in" ]

    1: Submit

      * e.g.,  ... Turn in your assignments. 

     [ "the turning" ]

    1: turning is the intimate process in vampire culture when a vampire creates another, out of a human. contrary to the awakening, the person who is turned, gains the powers of the vampire 'sire' or 'maker' almost instantly. the process itself is kept secret in the society and revealed only to the worthy.

      * e.g.,  ... the turning: there are many examples, though all are different a little. some sources say it's done 72 hours after the feeding on a human, others tell the human's blood is drained and than fed by the vampire's blood.. the truth is not public though. 

     [ "turn to" ]

    1: To start working. A U.S. Navy expression.

      * e.g.,  ... "Alright! Let's turn to." 

     [ "turn to" ]

    2: See turn and burn

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