TURN IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turn in mean? 

• TURN IN (verb)
  The verb TURN IN has 4 senses:

1. make an entrance by turning from a road

2. to surrender someone or something to another

3. carry out (performances)

4. prepare for sleep

  Familiarity information: TURN IN used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURN IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make an entrance by turning from a road

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

Turn in after you see the gate

Hypernyms (to "turn in" is one way to...):

come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into (to come or go into)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sense 2

Meaning:

To surrender someone or something to another

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in

Context example:

fork over the money

Hypernyms (to "turn in" is one way to...):

give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn in"):

bail (deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period)

give away (formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Carry out (performances)

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

put on; turn in

Context example:

They turned in top jobs for the second straight game

Hypernyms (to "turn in" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Prepare for sleep

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

bed; crawl in; go to bed; go to sleep; hit the hay; hit the sack; kip down; retire; sack out; turn in

Context example:

He goes to bed at the crack of dawn

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn in"):

bed down; bunk down (go to bed)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Antonym:

turn out (get up and out of bed)

 Context examples 

You go home and turn in.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I should be glad to take a turn in it, if you will favour me with your company.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

She was still redder and more uncomfortable a moment after, when a sudden turn in the conversation introduced the subject of dress.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“It would be a crowd—a sad crowd; and what could be worse than dancing without space to turn in?”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“You may go for’ard and turn in,” I said, taking it from him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

She smiled back at me, closed my door, and a few moments later I heard her key turn in the lock.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This suggests that you might be paid a handsome sum for the work you are about to turn in.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

But it is to thy grosser feelings that we must turn in such natures as thine, and as thou art no longer under the shield of holy church there is the less difficulty.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are also specific eyelid problems, including: • Eyelids that turn in or out • Eyelids that droop • Abnormal blinking or twitching

(Eyelid Disorders, NIH)

Feverish with vain labour, I got up and took a turn in the room; undrew the curtain, noted a star or two, shivered with cold, and again crept to bed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)