turned

Thân thiện

The milk turned sour after being left out overnight.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Changed in position or direction; rotated: Describes something that has been moved around an axis or center.
   • Changed in condition or nature; soured or spoiled: Describes something, especially a liquid like milk, that has become unpalatable or gone bad.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Rotated):
  • The turned wheel spun freely. (The wheel that had been rotated spun freely.)
  • She admired the beautifully turned wooden legs of the table. (She admired the wooden legs of the table that had been shaped by rotating them on a lathe.)
• Adjective (Soured):
  • He poured the turned milk down the drain. (He poured the sour, spoiled milk down the drain.)

Advanced Usage

• "well-turned": (phrase) Used to describe something skillfully or elegantly shaped, crafted, or expressed.
  • He complimented her on her well-turned phrase. (He complimented her on her elegantly expressed sentence.)
• "turned out": (phrasal verb, past tense) Can describe how something resulted or appeared. (Note: This is a separate phrasal verb using 'turn'.)
  • The cake turned out perfectly. (The cake resulted in being perfect.)

Variants and Related Words

• Turn (verb): To move or cause to move around an axis; to change in nature or condition.
• Turning (noun): The action or skill of shaping wood or metal on a lathe.
• Turner (noun): A person who shapes wood or metal on a lathe.

Synonyms

• Rotated: Moved in a circle around a central point.
• Revolved: Moved in a circular orbit.
• Soured: Became acid or unpleasant in taste; spoiled.
• Curdled: (For milk) Separated into solid and liquid parts due to souring.

Related Phrasal Verbs (from the base verb 'turn')

• Turn over: To rotate so the other side is up; to transfer control.
  • He turned over the pancake. (He rotated the pancake to cook the other side.)
• Turn into: To change or transform into something else.
  • The caterpillar turned into a butterfly. (The caterpillar transformed into a butterfly.)

Related Idioms

• Turned tail: (Past tense idiom) To run away from something, especially out of fear.
  • When the dog barked, the cat turned tail and fled. (When the dog barked, the cat ran away.)
• Turned the tide: (Past tense idiom) To reverse the course of events, especially in a conflict or competition.
  • Their last-minute goal turned the tide of the match. (Their last-minute goal reversed the momentum of the match.)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. in an unpalatable state
   • sour milk
2. moved around an axis or center

Từ đồng nghĩa

• off
• sour