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Turned Moderate

Turned has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of turn

"He turned the key in the lock to open the front door."

In plain English: To turn means to move something so it faces a different direction or rotates around an axis.

"The car turned onto the main street."

Adjective
1

moved around an axis or center

"The dancer spun gracefully, turning on her toes until she completed a full circle."

2

in an unpalatable state

"sour milk"

Example Sentences
"The car turned onto the main street." verb
"She turned off the lights before leaving the room." verb
"He turned left at the intersection to get home." verb
"The wind suddenly turned cold and damp." verb
See Also
anteverted honey dipper unturned stop valve broadside obverse downturned three quarter
Related Terms
Antonyms
unturned

Origin

Turned is the past tense and past participle of turn, derived from Old English turnan, which meant to twist or rotate. It retains this original sense of changing position or direction in modern usage.

Rhyming Words
ned sned woned paned tuned coned faned acned mined waned vaned zoned laned pwned maned tined toned lined boned fined
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