Source : WordNet®
turn over
v 1: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon,
please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned
over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: {pass}, {hand},
{reach}, {pass on}, {give}]
2: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The
cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer
turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn: {overturn},
{tip over}, {upset}, {knock over}, {bowl over}, {tump
over}]
3: move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the
hill"; "turn over on your left side" [syn: {roll}]
4: turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over
the soil for aeration" [syn: {dig}, {delve}, {cut into}]
5: do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company
turns over ten million dollars a year"
6: cause to move around a center so as to show another side of;
"turn a page of a book" [syn: {turn}]
7: turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase
overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" [syn: {overturn}, {tip
over}, {tump over}]
8: turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the
pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes" [syn: {flip}, {flip
over}]
9: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the
possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your
mind" [syn: {consider}, {debate}, {moot}, {deliberate}]