Source : WordNet®

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 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: prove to be in the result or end; "How will the game turn
        out?" [syn: {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}]
     7: put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from
        the classroom" [syn: {expel}, {eject}, {chuck out}, {exclude},
         {throw out}, {kick out}, {turf out}, {boot 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: {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}] [ant: {switch
         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}, {arise},
          {uprise}, {rise}] [ant: {go to bed}, {go to bed}]