TURNED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of turn 2. to (cause to) move in a circle around a fixed point…. Learn more.
When you turn or when you turn part of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction. He turned abruptly and walked away. [VERB] He turned to his publicist and jokingly asked, 'What's next?'. [VERB preposition/adverb] He sighed, turning away and surveying the sea.
to (cause to) move around or partly around: [~ + object] to turn a key in a door.[no object] The key turned in the lock. to reverse the position or placement of: [~ + object] to turn a page.[no object] The suspect turned and began to fire his gun.
overturned, upset, upturned having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom reversed turned inside out and resewn revolved, rotated turned in a circle around an axis inside-out, wrong-side-out
[transitive] turn something + adv./prep. to fold something in a particular way She turned down the blankets and climbed into bed. He turned up the collar of his coat and hurried out into the rain.
Quick facts about “turned” Turned is a 1-syllable verb. It is pronounced /ˈtɝnd/ in American English and /tˈɜːnd/ in British English. On finesentence.com it has 2 meanings, 8 synonyms, and translations into 21 languages. It ranks #574 among the most common English words.
Definition of the English word 'turned', American and British pronunciation, transcription, examples
She turned her head to watch him. She turned her head and kissed him on the cheek. His gaze sought Carmen and the sides of his mouth turned up in a warm smile. Then they turned bottom side up, and continued to roll slowly over until they were right side up again.