turned
UK/tɜːnd//tɝnd/
turned verb: in the pattern "X turned Y", indicates that someone has turned (changed) from X into Y. Also the simple past and past participle of turn.
Verb
turned
- In the pattern "X turned Y", indicates that someone has turned (changed) from X into Y.
- a poacher turned gamekeeper
- an art adviser turned perfume maker
Also used as
turned is also the simple past and past participle of turn.
Words formed from turned
Phrases with turned
- turned v
- turned in
- turned of
- turned on
- turned to
- turned up
- turned off
- turned out
- turned two
- left turned
- turned away
- turned back
107 more phrasesFewer phrases
- turned coat
- turned down
- turned into
- turned over
- turned tail
- turned Turk
- turned upon
- about turned
- turned about
- turned again
- turned aside
- turned forth
- turned heads
- turned loose
- turned point
- turned round
- turned rusty
- turned south
- turned under
- turned a hair
- turned a page
- turned around
- turned period
- turned points
- turned tricks
- turned turtle
- turned a trick
- turned against
- turned periods
- turned to dust
- turned traitor
- turned a corner
- turned a phrase
- turned a profit
- turned or burnt
- turned the boat
- turned the dial
- turned the page
- turned the tide
- turned together
- worm has turned
- turned or burned
- turned the knife
- turned the scale
- turned the screw
- turned the trick
- turned up trumps
- get turned around
- got turned around
- tossed and turned
- turned a deaf ear
- turned one's back
- turned one's coat
- turned the corner
- turned the screws
- turned the tables
- turned the turtle
- turned to account
- turned up missing
- gets turned around
- turned a blind eye
- turned on its head
- turned one's color
- turned pear-shaped
- turned up the heat
- turned upside down
- twisted and turned
- turned the air blue
- gotten turned around
- turned in on oneself
- turned in succession
- turned on one's heel
- turned one's nose up
- turned question mark
- turned the other way
- turned up one's nose
- turned up one's toes
- getting turned around
- turned back the clock
- turned in one's grave
- turned into a pumpkin
- turned question marks
- turned someone's head
- turned square corners
- turned the clock back
- turned an honest penny
- turned king's evidence
- turned over a new leaf
- turned someone's crank
- turned the boat around
- turned the clocks back
- turned the other cheek
- turned to good account
- turned queen's evidence
- turned up the volume on
- turned on the waterworks
- turned one's life around
- poacher turned gamekeeper
- turned around one's finger
- poachers turned gamekeepers
- turned the frown upside down
- turned one's life upside down
- turned the knife in the wound
- turned one's world upside down
- turned a number of shades of red
- turned a setback into a comeback
- turned something into an art form
Words that rhyme with turned
Questions about turned
- What does turned mean?
- Turned means in the pattern "X turned Y", indicates that someone has turned (changed) from X into Y.
- What part of speech is turned?
- Turned is a verb.
- How do you pronounce turned?
- Turned is pronounced /tɜːnd/ (UK).
Words near turned in the dictionary
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