English Dictionary
◊ TURN OVER
turn over
v 1: place into the hands or custody of; "Turn the files over to
me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his
lawyers" [syn: {pass}, {hand}, {reach}, {pass on}, {give}]
2: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The
cat knocked over the flower vase" [syn: {overturn}, {tip
over}, {upset}, {knock over}, {bowl over}]
3: to rotate or cause to rotate: "The child rolled down the
hill"; "She rolled the ball her eyes at his words" [syn: {roll},
{revolve}]
4: turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must" [syn: {dig},
{delve}, {cut into}]
5: do business worth a certain amount of money
6: cause to move around a center so as to show another side of;
"turn a page of a book" [syn: {turn}]
7: turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase
overturned" [syn: {overturn}, {tip over}]
8: of boats [syn: {capsize}]
9: turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip a coin"
[syn: {flip}, {flip over}]
10: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the
possibility of a strike" [syn: {consider}, {debate}, {moot},
{deliberate}]