turns
UK/tɜːnz//tɝnz/
turns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of turn.
turns is the plural of turn.
Meaning of turn
Verb
turn (third-person singular simple present turns, present participle turning, simple past and past participle turned or (obsolete) turnt)
- To move about an axis through itself.
- the Earth turns
- To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- Turn the knob clockwise.
- Synonyms:
- rotate
- To change one's direction of travel.
- She turned right at the corner.
- To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- She turned the table legs with care and precision.
- To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- […]the Poets pen turnes them to ſhapes,[…]c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
- To direct or impel (something) into or out of a place.
- Add sugar and butter, then turn the mixture into a dish.
Phrases with turns
- at turns
- by turns
- turns in
- turns on
- turns to
- turns up
- far turns
- ill turns
- sea turns
- turns off
- turns out
- turns two
145 more phrasesFewer phrases
- evil turns
- flip turns
- good turns
- heel turns
- hook turns
- left turns
- star turns
- take turns
- took turns
- turns away
- turns back
- turns coat
- turns down
- turns into
- turns over
- turns tail
- turns Turk
- turns upon
- worm turns
- about turns
- round turns
- stall turns
- taken turns
- takes turns
- turns about
- turns again
- turns aside
- turns forth
- turns heads
- turns loose
- turns round
- turns rusty
- turns south
- turns under
- Cruyff turns
- taking turns
- tumble turns
- turns a hair
- turns a page
- turns around
- turns on red
- turns tricks
- turns turtle
- Choctaw turns
- hairpin turns
- penalty turns
- turns a trick
- turns against
- turns of duty
- turns of foot
- turns to dust
- turns traitor
- courtesy turns
- telemark turns
- turns a corner
- turns a phrase
- turns a profit
- turns of words
- turns or burns
- turns the boat
- turns the dial
- turns the page
- turns the tide
- turns together
- handbrake turns
- heel-face turns
- heel/face turns
- Immelmann turns
- Marseille turns
- the wheel turns
- turns of events
- turns of phrase
- turns the knife
- turns the scale
- turns the screw
- turns the trick
- turns up trumps
- hammerhead turns
- take it in turns
- tosses and turns
- turns a deaf ear
- turns one's back
- turns one's coat
- turns the corner
- turns the screws
- turns the tables
- turns the turtle
- turns to account
- turns up missing
- twists and turns
- three-point turns
- treacherous turns
- turns a blind eye
- turns on its head
- turns one's color
- turns pear-shaped
- turns up the heat
- turns upside down
- moonshiners' turns
- turns of centuries
- turns of the screw
- turns of the years
- turns the air blue
- turns in on oneself
- turns in succession
- turns on one's heel
- turns one's nose up
- turns the other way
- turns up one's nose
- turns up one's toes
- turns back the clock
- turns in one's grave
- turns into a pumpkin
- turns someone's head
- turns square corners
- turns the clock back
- epistemological turns
- the turns have tabled
- turns an honest penny
- turns king's evidence
- turns over a new leaf
- turns someone's crank
- turns the boat around
- turns the clocks back
- turns the other cheek
- turns to good account
- turns of the centuries
- turns queen's evidence
- turns up the volume on
- turns on the waterworks
- turns one's life around
- turns around one's finger
- whenever one turns around
- a bad penny always turns up
- every time one turns around
- turns the frown upside down
- turns one's life upside down
- turns the knife in the wound
- the bad penny always turns up
- turns one's world upside down
- turns a number of shades of red
- turns a setback into a comeback
- turns something into an art form
- everything one touches turns to gold
- everything one touches turns to shit
Words that rhyme with turns
Questions about turns
- What is turns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Turns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of turn.
- How do you pronounce turns?
- Turns is pronounced /tɝnz/ (US).
Words near turns in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: turns (page history and authors); turn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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