To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something.

To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.

To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales.

We say that a perfumed has "turned" when its odor and color have transformed because of chemical changes due to the atmosphere, light, heat or age. To keep a perfume from turning, store it out of direct sunlight, with the lid tightly closed and away from direct heat. Keeping perfumes in the refrigerator isn't necessary, since a too cool temperature can also cause a perfume to turn.

Change direction by 10 or more degrees at an INTERSECTION. A TURN instruction cannot be executed if the instruction STRAIGHT would take the contestant the same way.

a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind"

turning away or in the opposite direction; "he made an abrupt turn away from her"

direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car"

a change of direction not just shift up a string

a horizontal plane maneuver

a maneuver used to change the direction of flight

a maneuver used to change the heading of the helicopter

Change direction at an intersection. It is not considered a change of direction to take the road generally ahead at a sideroad or crossroad.

A command to make an obvious angular deflection at an intersection either to the left or right.

Change direction at an intersection. "Turn" does not direct the same action as a route-following rule. An intersection having the general shape of the letter Y as approached from the base. The rallyist must turn at a Y. Both left and right turns are substantially less than 90 degrees, but not necessarily equivalent in degree, and the intersecting roads are not necessarily equivalent in quality or description.

Maneuver which the airplane makes in changing its direction of flight.