TURN ON: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TURN ON?

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Associations of "Turn on" (30 Words)

anticlockwise	(of a direction) opposite to the way in which the hands of a clock move round. Stopcocks are opened by turning them anticlockwise.
bend	Bend a joint. We cannot bend the rules even for Darren.
bent	An area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges. A man of a religious bent.
crimp	A small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together. Pliers will crimp wires together.
curve	A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter. The parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve.
deviate	A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. The river was deviated to prevent flooding.
distorted	Affected by electrical distortion. His report gives a distorted view of the meeting.
flip	The act of flipping a coin. Given those odds one might as well flip a coin.
garble	A garbled account or transmission. Most readers assumed the word was a typographical garble.
kink	Form a curl curve or kink. Take care to avoid kinking the wire.
pervert	A person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable. He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
revolve	Consider (something) repeatedly and from different angles. Her mind revolved the possibilities.
rotate	Change the position of (tyres) on a motor vehicle to distribute wear. Ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees.
rotation	A transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin. The manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation.
slew	Of an electronic device undergo slewing. I was assaulted by the thump and slew of the van.
somersault	Perform a somersault or make a similar movement accidentally. A backward somersault.
spin	Fish with a spinner. Spiders spin a fine web.
spiraling	In the shape of a coil.
swerve	Change or cause to change direction abruptly. Do not make sudden swerves particularly around parked vehicles.
swivel	Turn around a point or axis or on a swivel. He swivelled in the chair.
twist	A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair. Lets do the twist.
twisted	(of a joint) injured by wrenching; sprained. A man with a twisted mind.
veer	A sudden change of direction. An oil tanker that had veered off course.
warped	Used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture. Warped wooden planks.
whirl	Move or cause to move rapidly round and round. The event was all part of the mad social whirl.
wind	Make a baby bring up wind after feeding by patting its back. An easterly wind.
winding	The act of winding or twisting. Our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase.
worm	Screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack. It was unbearable that such a worm could be so successful.
wrench	Turn something especially a nut or bolt with a wrench. It will be a real wrench to leave after eight years.
wrest	Forcibly pull (something) from a person’s grasp. Wrest power from the old government.