Function: transitive verb
Date: 1564
1 a : DISMISS , DISCHARGE b : to dispose of : SELL
2 : DEFLECT , EVADE
3 : PRODUCE , ACCOMPLISH
4 : to stop the flow of or shut off by or as if by turning a control < turn the water off >
5 : HANG 1B
6 a : to remove (material) by the process of turning b : to shape or produce by turning
7 : to cause to lose interest : BORE <economics turns me off > also : to evoke a negative feeling in
intransitive verb
1 : to deviate from a straight course or from a main road < turn off into a side road>
2 a British : to turn bad : SPOIL b : to change to a specified state : BECOME
3 : to lose interest : WITHDRAW