turn over
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]
turn over
v. 1. To roll, tip, or turn from one side to the other; overturn; upset. He's going to
turn over the page.The bike hit a rock and turned over. 2, To think about carefully;
to consider. He turned the problem over in his mind for three days before he did anything
about it. 3. To give to someone for use or care. I turned my library books over to
the librarian.Mrs. Jackson brought her boy to the school and turned him over to the
housefather.Bob turns over most of the money he earns to his mother. 4. Of an engine
or motor; to start. The battery is dead and the motor won't turn over. 5a. To buy and then
sell to customers. The store turned over $5,000 worth of skiing equipment in January.
5b. To be bought in large enough amounts; sell. In a shoe store, shoes of medium width turn
over quickly, because many people wear that size, but a pair of narrow shoes may not be sold
for years.
turn over verbDate: 14th century transitive verb1.a. to turn from an upright position ;overturnb.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 verb1.upset, capsize2.a.rotateb.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
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 overin 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 overto 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 alsoturnover
turn over
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.
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