turned
Definition
- 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.)
Adjective
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in an unpalatable state
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sour milk
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moved around an axis or center
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