string vs turn

string

verb
  • To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game. 

  • To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc. 

  • To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species. 

  • To put strings on (something). 

  • To put (items) on a string. 

noun
  • A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet. 

  • The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc. 

  • In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc. 

  • An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity. 

  • A stringed instrument. 

  • The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics. 

  • The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively. 

  • An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. 

  • Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail. 

  • A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument. 

  • A series of items or events. 

  • The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept. 

  • A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged. 

  • A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit. 

  • A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. 

  • A thread 

  • The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants. 

  • The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments. 

  • A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together. 

  • A cohesive substance taking the form of a string. 

  • The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line. 

  • A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable. 

  • Such a structure considered as a substance. 

  • A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. 

  • Cannabis or marijuana. 

  • The points made in a game of billiards. 

  • A stringcourse. 

  • Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”) 

turn

verb
  • Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control. 

  • To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery. 

  • To magically or divinely attack undead. 

  • To be nauseated; said of the stomach. 

  • To change the color of the leaves in the autumn. 

  • To sour or spoil; to go bad. 

  • To reach a certain age. 

  • To sicken; to nauseate. 

  • To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc. 

  • To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds. 

  • To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated. 

  • To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt. 

  • To complete. 

  • To become (begin to be). 

  • To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. 

  • To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc. 

  • To make (money); turn a profit. 

  • Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces. 

  • To navigate through a book or other printed material. 

  • To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation. 

  • To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle. 

  • Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. 

  • To change one's direction of travel. 

  • Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces. 

  • To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa. 

  • To become giddy; said of the head or brain. 

  • To undergo the process of turning on a lathe. 

  • To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe. 

  • To hinge; to depend. 

noun
  • The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em. 

  • A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others. 

  • A change in temperament or circumstance. 

  • A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again. 

  • One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players. 

  • A single loop of a coil. 

  • Character; personality; nature. 

  • A short skit, act, or routine. 

  • A fit or a period of giddiness. 

  • A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement. 

  • A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight). 

  • A pass behind or through an object. 

  • An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control. 

  • A walk to and fro. 

  • A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule. 

  • The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices. 

  • A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice. 

  • A change of direction or orientation. 

  • A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation. 

  • The time required to complete a project. 

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