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turn over
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb turn over has 9 senses
- turn over(v = verb.possession) give, hand, pass, pass on, reach - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" is one way to transfer
- turn over(v = verb.motion) bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, upset - cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" is one way to displace, move
- turn over(v = verb.motion) roll - move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side" is one way to turn
- turn over(v = verb.contact) cut into, delve, dig - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
- turn over(v = verb.possession) Array - do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year" is one way to transact
- turn over(v = verb.motion) turn - cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book" is one way to displace, move
- turn over(v = verb.motion) overturn, tip over, tump over - turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" is one way to turn
- turn over(v = verb.contact) flip, flip over - turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes" is one way to turn
- turn over(v = verb.communication) consider, debate, deliberate, moot - think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" is one way to discuss, hash out, talk over
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Derived form noun turnover4
Sample sentence:
These cars won't turn over
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Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Derived form noun turnover3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sample sentence:
They turn over the coin
Derived form noun turnover4
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived form noun turnover2
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
THESAURUS
turn over
abalienate, alien, alienate, amortize, assign, barter, be lost, bequeath, break, brood over, capsize, careen, carry over, cede, chaw, chew over, circulate, close out, come across with, communicate, con over, confer, consign, convert, convert into cash, convey, crease, crimp, crisp, culbuter, cut under, deed, deed over, deliberate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, deliver, deliver over, demise, deport, devolve upon, diffuse, digest, disseminate, distribute, dog-ear, double, double over, dump, effect a sale, enfeoff, enfold, evert, exchange, expel, export, extradite, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, fork over, forward, founder, frill, gather, give, give in, give out, give over, give title to, go down, hand, hand down, hand forward, hand in, hand on, hand out, hand over, impart, import, infold, interfold, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, job, keel, keel over, knock over, lap over, make a sale, make over, market, meditate, meditate upon, merchandise, metastasize, metathesize, move, mull, mull over, muse on, muse over, negotiate, overset, overthrow, overturn, pass, pass on, pass out, pass over, pass the buck, perfuse, pitchpole, plait, plat, pleat, plicate, ply, ponder over, pronate, quill, reach, reflect over, relay, relegate, render, resell, resign, resupinate, retail, reverse, revolve, rotate, ruff, ruffle, ruminate over, run over, sacrifice, scuttle, sell, sell off, sell on consignment, sell out, sell over, sell retail, sell short, sell up, sell wholesale, settle, settle on, sign away, sign over, sink, somersault, spread, subvert, supinate, surrender, switch, think over, tip over, topple, topple over, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, trade, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transpose, tuck, turn, turn a somersault, turn about, turn around, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn into money, turn out, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, twill, undercut, undersell, unload, upset, upset the boat, upturn, wholesaleROGET THESAURUS
turn over
Giving
VB deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of, hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over, assign dower, present, give away, dispense, dispose of, give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out, pay, render, impart, communicate, concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast, spend, give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign, intrust, consign, vest in, make a present, allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota, invest, endow, settle upon, bequeath, leave, devise, furnish, supply, help, administer to, afford, spare, accommodate with, indulge with, favor with, shower down upon, lavish, pour on, thrust upon, tip, bribe, tickle the palm, grease the palm, offer, sacrifice, immolate.Inversion
VB be inverted, turn round, turn about, turn to the right about, go round, go about, go to the right about, wheel round, wheel about, wheel to the right about, turn over, go over, tilt over, topple over, capsize, turn turtle, invert, subvert, retrovert, introvert, reverse, up turn, over turn, up set, over set, turn topsy turvy, culbuter, transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables.
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