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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give]
2: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn: overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over]
3: move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side" [syn: roll, turn over]
4: turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" [syn: dig, delve, cut into, turn over]
5: do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year"
6: cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book" [syn: turn, turn over]
7: turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" [syn: overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over]
8: turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes" [syn: flip, flip over, turn over]
9: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate]

Merriam Webster's

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you turn something over, or if it turns over, it is moved so that the top part is now facing downwards. Liz picked up the blue envelope and turned it over curiously... I don't suppose you thought to turn over the tape, did you?... The buggy turned over and Nancy was thrown out. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron), V P 2. If you turn over, for example when you are lying in bed, you move your body so that you are lying in a different position. Ann turned over in her bed once more. PHRASAL VERB: V P 3. If you turn something over in your mind, you think carefully about it. Even when she didn't say anything you could see her turning things over in her mind. PHRASAL VERB: V n P in n 4. If you turn something over to someone, you give it to them when they ask for it, because they have a right to it. I would, indeed, turn the evidence over to the police... The lawyer turned over the release papers. = hand over PHRASAL VERB: V n P (not pron) to n, V P n (not pron) 5. If you turn over a job or responsibility that you have, you give it to someone else, so that you no longer have it. The King may turn over some of his official posts to his son... PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron) to n 6. If you turn over when you are watching television, you change to another channel. Whenever he's on TV, I turn over. PHRASAL VERB: V P 7. see also turnover

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. (Active.) 1. Turn, reverse the position of, roll over. 2. Transfer, hand over. 3. Open and examine page by page. 4. Overset, overturn. II. (Neuter.) Roll over, tumble, turn from side to side.

Moby Thesaurus

abalienate, alien, alienate, amortize, assign, barter, be lost, bequeath, break, brood over, capsize, careen, carry over, cede, chaw, chew over, circulate, close out, come across with, communicate, con over, confer, consign, convert, convert into cash, convey, crease, crimp, crisp, culbuter, cut under, deed, deed over, deliberate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, deliver, deliver over, demise, deport, devolve upon, diffuse, digest, disseminate, distribute, dog-ear, double, double over, dump, effect a sale, enfeoff, enfold, evert, exchange, expel, export, extradite, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, fork over, forward, founder, frill, gather, give, give in, give out, give over, give title to, go down, hand, hand down, hand forward, hand in, hand on, hand out, hand over, impart, import, infold, interfold, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, job, keel, keel over, knock over, lap over, make a sale, make over, market, meditate, meditate upon, merchandise, metastasize, metathesize, move, mull, mull over, muse on, muse over, negotiate, overset, overthrow, overturn, pass, pass on, pass out, pass over, pass the buck, perfuse, pitchpole, plait, plat, pleat, plicate, ply, ponder over, pronate, quill, reach, reflect over, relay, relegate, render, resell, resign, resupinate, retail, reverse, revolve, rotate, ruff, ruffle, ruminate over, run over, sacrifice, scuttle, sell, sell off, sell on consignment, sell out, sell over, sell retail, sell short, sell up, sell wholesale, settle, settle on, sign away, sign over, sink, somersault, spread, subvert, supinate, surrender, switch, think over, tip over, topple, topple over, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, trade, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transpose, tuck, turn, turn a somersault, turn about, turn around, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn into money, turn out, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, twill, undercut, undersell, unload, upset, upset the boat, upturn, wholesale