English Explanatory Dictionary

turn in

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To submit something; to give.
To relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in).
To go to bed; to retire to bed.
To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body.
To reverse the ends of threads and insert them back into the piece being woven so they do not protrude and eventually unravel.

Pronunciation

En-au-turn in.ogg

Word forms

turn in turns in turning in turned in

Synonyms

hand in accord add assign award bestow bequeath confer contribute deliver do donate furnish give give away grant hand hand over make over minister pass present provide render supply turn in turn over capitulate submit relinquish give up abandon bend cave in cede deplore fall in line give over give in give way knuckle under surrender strike one's flag strike the colors strike the flag throw in the towel throw up one's hands wave the white flag yield inform grass up snitch bewray blow the whistle clepe denounce dime dime out dob drop a dime

Related words

turn turn into turn over

Translations

German: umschlagen German: säumen German: einschlagen Māori: tapiki

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