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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (12)

1. be shown or be found to be;
- Example: "She proved to be right"
- Example: "The medicine turned out to save her life"
- Example: "She turned up HIV positive"
[syn: prove, turn out, turn up]

2. prove to be in the result or end;
- Example: "It turns out that he was right"

3. produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery;
- Example: "This factory turns out saws"

4. result or end;
- Example: "How will the game turn out?"
[syn: turn out, come out]

5. come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons;
- Example: "How many people turned out that evening?"

6. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year";
- Example: "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
[syn: bear, turn out]

7. put out or expel from a place;
- Example: "The unruly student was excluded from the game"
[syn: eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out]

8. come and gather for a public event;
- Example: "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"

9. outfit or equip, as with accessories;
- Example: "The actors were turned out lavishly"

10. turn outward;
- Example: "These birds can splay out their toes"
- Example: "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
[syn: turn out, splay, spread out, rotate]

11. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch;
- Example: "Turn off the stereo, please"
- Example: "cut the engine"
- Example: "turn out the lights"
[syn: switch off, cut, turn off, turn out]

12. get up and out of bed;
- Example: "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"
- Example: "They rose early"
- Example: "He uprose at night"
[syn: get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

turn out
    v 1: be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The
         medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV
         positive" [syn: prove, turn out, turn up]
    2: prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was
       right"
    3: produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery; "This
       factory turns out saws"
    4: result or end; "How will the game turn out?" [syn: turn
       out, come out]
    5: come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; "How
       many people turned out that evening?"
    6: bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this
       year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" [syn:
       bear, turn out]
    7: put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was
       excluded from the game" [syn: eject, chuck out,
       exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out]
    8: come and gather for a public event; "Hundreds of thousands
       turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"
    9: outfit or equip, as with accessories; "The actors were turned
       out lavishly"
    10: turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes";
        "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
        [syn: turn out, splay, spread out, rotate]
    11: cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off
        the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
        [syn: switch off, cut, turn off, turn out] [ant:
        switch on, turn on]
    12: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They
        rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up, turn
        out, arise, uprise, rise] [ant: bed, crawl in,
        go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack,
        kip down, retire, sack out, turn in]