Turn
verb (used with object)
1.
to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate:
to turn a wheel.
2.
to cause to move around or partly around, as for the purpose of opening, closing, or tightening:
to turn a key; to turn the cap of a jar.
3.
to reverse the position or placement of:
to turn a page; to turn an egg; to turn a person around.
4.
to bring the lower layers of (sod, soil, etc.) to the surface, as in plowing.
5.
to change the position of, by or as if by rotating; move into a different position:
to turn the handle one notch.
6.
to change or alter the course of; divert; deflect:
He turned the blow with his arm.
7.
to change the focus or tendency of:
She skillfully turned the conversation away from so unpleasant a subject.