turns
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
An inflected form of turn · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,036 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,795 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a circular segment of a curve also: bend, crook, twist a bend in the roada crook in the path
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course also: turning he took a turn to the right
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession also: play it is my turnit is still my play
- an unforeseen development also: turn of events, twist events suddenly took an awkward turn
- a movement in a new direction also: turning the turning of the wind
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction he made an abrupt turn away from her
turns in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He will stop before the road turns, he said, but Joseph ran on.
The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story · George Moore · Chapter 1
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Her own appreciation of good turns made her eager to do them for others.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Circé appears as a Yackshini, and is conquered when an adventurer seizes her flute whose magic music turns men into beasts.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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Kit bit one off, and Kat bit the other; and they took turns until the St. Nicholas doll was all gone.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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To Ootah this was a good augury--for when a maiden turns her back upon a suitor she thinks favorably of him.
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1