n. Function: verb
1 to move or cause to move in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis FF1C; turned the wheel sharply to avoid a collision FF1E;
Synonyms: circle, circumduct, gyrate, gyre, revolve, roll, rotate; compare SPIN 1
Related Words: orbit; pirouette, spin, twirl, whirl; twist, weave, wind; circulate, eddy, swirl; oscillate, sway, swing, vibrate
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Synonyms: SPRAIN , ||rick, twist, wrench
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Synonyms: REVERSE 1, change, inverse, invert, revert, transplace, transpose
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Synonyms: PLOW , break, plow up, turn over
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Synonyms: UPSET 5, derange, disorder, sicken, unhinge, unsettle
Related Words: discompose, undo; unbalance
6 to change or cause to change course or direction FF1C; turned his car down a side road FF1E;
Synonyms: avert, deflect, divert, pivot, sheer, swing, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl; compare SHUNT 1
Related Words: depart, detract, deviate, digress, diverge; move, shift; switch, swivel, twist, zigzag; call off, double (back), reverse; shunt, sidetrack; bend, curve, sway; detour, rechannel, turn away
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Synonyms: DIRECT 2, address, aim, cast, head, lay, level, point, train, zero (in)
Contrasted Words: call off, detract (from), distract, divert (from), draw (away)
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Synonyms: ADDRESS 3, apply, bend, buckle (down), devote, direct, give, throw
Related Words: employ, use; plunge (into), undertake
Idioms: turn one's hand ( or energies) to
Contrasted Words: avoid, dodge, shy (away)
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Synonyms: CURDLE , ||clabber, ||cruddle, curd, ||lopper
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Synonyms: DECAY , break down, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, rot, spoil, taint
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Synonyms: CHANGE 1, alter, modify, mutate, refashion, vary
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Synonyms: TRANSLATE 1, put, render, transpose
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Synonyms: DULL 3, blunt, disedge, obtund
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Synonyms: SPIN 2, reel, swim, whirl
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Synonyms: DEFECT , apostatize, desert, rat, renounce, repudiate, tergiversate, tergiverse
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Synonyms: RESORT 2, apply, go, recur, refer, repair, run
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Synonyms: BECOME 1, come, ||come over, get, go, grow, run, wax
Related Words: change (into), pass (into)