the turn of a wheel

  • 71turn — 1 verb CHANGE DIRECTION/POSITION 1 a) YOUR BODY (I) to move your body so that you are looking in a different direction: Ricky turned and walked away. (+ around/round/away etc): I turned around quickly to see if someone was following. | Dan turned …

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  • 72turn */*/*/ — I UK [tɜː(r)n] / US [tɜrn] verb Word forms turn : present tense I/you/we/they turn he/she/it turns present participle turning past tense turned past participle turned 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to change the position of your body or head so… …

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  • 73turn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Anglo French turner, tourner to turn, from… …

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  • 74wheel of fortune — 1. : wheel 3a 2. : a gambling device consisting of a revolving wheel with sections indicating chances taken or bets placed * * * 1. wheel (def. 9). 2. a wheel like gambling device that is rotated or spun to determine the winner of certain prizes …

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  • 75In turn — Turn Turn, n. 1. The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel. [1913 Webster] 2. Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs;… …

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  • 76To a turn — Turn Turn, n. 1. The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel. [1913 Webster] 2. Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs;… …

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  • 77Wheel of Fortune (Danish game show) — Infobox Television caption = show name = Lykkehjulet format = Game show rating = TV G picture format = PAL | creator = Merv Griffin starring = Michael Meyerheim, host (1988) Pia Dresner, co host (1988) Bengt Burg, host (1989 ndash;2000) Carine… …

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  • 78wheel — n. & v. n. 1 a circular frame or disc arranged to revolve on an axle and used to facilitate the motion of a vehicle or for various mechanical purposes. 2 a wheel like thing (Catherine wheel; potter s wheel; steering wheel). 3 motion as of a wheel …

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  • 79The Basement Tapes — Infobox Album Name = The Basement Tapes Type = compilation Artist = Bob Dylan and The Band Released = June 26, 1975 Recorded = June–September 1967, March 1975 Genre = Rock, folk, blues, country Length = 76:41 Label = Columbia Producer = Bob Dylan …

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  • 80wheel — {{11}}wheel (n.) O.E. hweol, hweogol, from P.Gmc. *khwekhwlan, *khwegwlan (Cf. O.N. hvel, O.Swed. hiughl, O.Fris. hwel, M.Du. weel), from PIE *k(w)e k(w)lo wheel, circle (Cf. O.C.S. kolo wheel ), a reduplicated form from root *k(w)el to go round… …

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