TURN OVER


Meaning of TURN OVER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ verb ]

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1.

a. : to turn from an upright position : overturn

b. : rotate

turn over a stiff valve with a wrench

also : to cause (an internal combustion engine) to begin firing

2. : to search (as clothes or papers) by lifting or moving one by one

3. : to read or examine (as a book) slowly or idly

4. : deliver , surrender

I'm turning the job over to you

also : to lose possession of

turned the ball over three times

5.

a. : to receive and dispose of (a stock of merchandise)

b. : to do business to the amount of

turning over $1000 a week

intransitive verb

1. : upset , capsize

2.

a. : rotate

b. of an engine : to have crankshaft rotation especially by external means (as by a starter)

the engine turned over but didn't start

3.

a. of one's stomach : to heave with nausea

b. of one's heart : to seem to leap or lurch convulsively with sudden fright

- turn over a new leaf

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