TURN OFF


Meaning of TURN OFF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ verb ]

Date: 1564

transitive verb

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.