Commentary:
NOTE: The change in orientation or direction is usually around a center point or axis. Can be metaphorical.
Examples:
He turned toward me with a surprised look.
She slowly turned the key in the lock.
Turn the page.
Turn in after you see the gate.
Turn off at the next exit.
The wheels are turning.
She turned the cake onto the plate.
My daughter loves to turn cartwheels.
February is too early to turn the soil for planting.
He turned his warm smile on me.
Turn the dial to AM850 and then turn down the volume.
When I need help, I always turn to my sister.
The issue turns on how the evidence is to be interpreted.
I need some time to turn it over in my mind.
Mappings:
PropBank: turn.01,turn.14
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 8, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
turn_back 1, 5
turn_on 2
turn_away 1, 2, 4
turn_around 1
turn_over 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
turn_off 2
turn_up 2
turn_in 1
turn_out 10
turn_to 1, 2
turn_down 4, 5
Commentary:
NOTE: No direction (e.g., to, away, out) is referred to. Sometimes the type of change is not mentioned when it is typical for the thing changing (see ex. 7 and 8)
Examples:
The water turned into ice.
We have turned this garden into a paradise!
Their house was turned into a battle ground.
The weather turned nasty.
The light gradually turned from green to blue.
She turned the frog into a prince with her kiss.
In Vermont, the leaves turn early.
I can tell the milk has turned by the smell.
When do you turn 40?
Mappings:
PropBank: turn.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 7, 14, 16, 25, 26
Examples:
Public opinion turned after the scandal came out.
The elders want us to turn back to our old ways.
The crowd quickly turned against the speaker.
He turned back their anger with a word.
He turned Mary from a reactionary to an activist.
People turn to mysticism at the turn of the millenium.
After the cold war, many nations turned from communism to capitalism.
He turned traitor.
There was one night when even his fans turned on him.
Mappings:
PropBank: turn.01,turn.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 5, 20
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
turn_back 2, 3
turn_to 2
turn_on 4
Examples:
The supermarket had to turn away many disappointed customers.
He turned back the demons with a spell.
She turned down the offer of work.
It's a rare man who can turn down her advances.
Marcie was turned out of her home at the age of 16.
Mappings:
PropBank: turn.04,turn.05,turn.08
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 11
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
turn_back 3, 4
turn_out 7
turn_down 1, 2, 3
turn_away 3
Examples:
She turned on the air conditioner.
He turned off the radio.
Would you turn out the lights?
He really knows how to turn on the charm.
I love her, but she no longer turns me on.
Her psychobabble turns him off.
Turn on, tune in, and drop out. --Timothy Leary
Mappings:
PropBank: turn.07,turn.08,turn.09,turn.13
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
turn_out 11
turn_on 1, 3, 5, 6, 7
turn_off 1, 3
Examples:
Richard turned out to be the wrong man for the job.
The medicine turned out to save her life.
Turns out she was right.
How do you think the game will turn out?
Mappings:
PropBank: turn.11
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
turn_out 1, 2, 4
Examples:
She turned up looking stunning.
My search turned up nothing.
I turned up an old box in the garden.
Mappings:
PropBank: turn.15
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
turn_up 1, 3, 4, 5
Examples:
The factory can turn out five cars a minute.
Celent turned a profit for the first time this year.
Should we close up shop if the company turns a loss again?
For the first half of the 20th century, the corporation turned a nice dollar.
I think we can turn over $2 million a year.
Mappings:
PropBank: turn.10,turn.16
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 18
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
turn_a_nice_dollar 1
turn_over 5
turn_a_loss 1
turn_a_nice_penny 1
turn_out 3, 6
turn_a_nice_dime 1
turn_a_profit 1
Examples:
After purchasing the wood, I ripped all the pieces to length, then turned the legs on a motorized lathe.
After 1980, Wilson turned the pots while his sister and brother glazed, loaded and fired the kilns.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 13
Examples:
The claimant testified that she turned her ankle on a wet floor at work.
He got his skate caught in a rut or something and turned his knee.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 15
Examples:
Everyone turn in your papers by the end of the day.
The shop owner turned him in to the police.
He had been turned over to the Gestapo for "special treatment."
She turned in the performance of a lifetime!
Mappings:
PropBank: turn.06,turn.12
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
turn_in 2, 3
turn_over 1
Examples:
She turns out every morning at the crack of dawn.
Mappings:
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
turn_in 4
turn_out 12
Examples:
That tutor really turned around my son's performance in math!
We're taking on the tough issues and we're going to get the company turned around.
Sales turned around in the second quarter.
Mappings:
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
turn_around 2, 3
Examples:
How many people turned out for the party?
Thousands of Democrats turned out for the rally.
Mappings:
PropBank: turn.17
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
turn_out 5, 8, 9
Examples:
How can you turn a blind eye to his misbehavior?
Much as she hated having sex with strangers, she turned tricks to make a living.
That car can turn on a dime!
His hypocracy turn's my stomach.
When actually confronted by the bully, he turned tail and ran.
She turned the tables on her rival with allegations of corruption.
The council turned thumb's down at the proposal.
A private passenger bus turned turtle, injuring 15.
Your performance had better improve, or I'll really turn up the heat.
Key European governments turned up the pressure on Iran over its nuclear plans.
Mappings:
PropBank: turn.03
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
turn_one's_stomach 1
turn_up_the_pressure 1
turn_on_a_dime 1
turn_the_tide 1
turn_thumbs_down 1
turn_turtle 1
turn_up_the_heat 1
turn_a_blind_eye 1
turn_the_tables 1
turn_a_trick 1
turn_tail 1