I. transitive verb
1.
a. : dismiss , discharge
at Jamaica he turned off the troublesome crew — W.P.Webb
b. : to dispose of : get rid of : sell ; especially : to consign (fat stock) to market
2. : to turn aside : deflect , evade
turn off an importunate question with a laugh — H.G.Dwight
3. : to turn out : produce , accomplish , execute
so versatile an artist … who can … turn off half a dozen Viennese songs — Irving Kolodin
4. : to shut off or stop the flow of by or as if by turning a valve or stopcock or switch
turn off the water
turn off the ignition of a motor
turn off a gas burner
5.
a. : hang 1b(1)
when he was caught at last and turned off — Richard Hallet
b. Britain : to join in marriage
6.
a. : to remove (material) by the process of turning
b. : to shape or produce by turning
intransitive verb
1. : to deviate from a straight course or from a main road or route
turn off into a side road
turned off when he ought to have gone straight on
2.
a. Britain : to go off : turn bad : spoil
b. : to change to a specified state : become
the evening had turned off cool — Hamilton Basso
II. intransitive verb
: to lose interest : withdraw
the kids turn off or drift into another world — Edwin Sorensen
transitive verb
: to cause to turn off
dropouts who are turned off by … political phoniness — Hendrik Hertzberg
also : to evoke a negative feeling in