Function: transitive verb
Date: 1546
1 a : EXPEL , EVICT b : to put (as a horse) to pasture
2 a : to turn inside out < turning out his pockets> b : to empty the contents of especially for cleaning or rearranging also : CLEAN
3 : to produce often rapidly or regularly by or as if by machine <a writer turning out stories>
4 : to equip, dress, or finish in a careful or elaborate way
5 : to put out by or as if by turning a switch < turn out the lights>
6 : to call (as the guard or a company) out from rest or shelter and into formation
intransitive verb
1 a : to come or go out from home in or as if in answer to a summons <voters turned out in droves> b : to get out of bed
2 a : to prove to be in the result or end <the play turned out to be a flop> <it turned out that we were both wrong> b : to become in maturity <nobody thought he'd turn out like this> c : END <stories that turn out happily>