turn aside
turn aside · turns aside · turned aside · turning aside
To avert one's gazeTo avert one's gaze
» Turn aside before you bump into the tree.
Meaning
6 senses(intransitive)To avert one's gaze
(ambitransitive)To ignore (something) or turn a blind eye (to something)
(transitive)To turn away; to refuse to let someone in
(transitive)To divert or move out of the way.
To reject; to resist or refuse to aid.
To alter one's course or activity.
Examples
1 sentencesTurn aside before you bump into the tree.
Forms
turns aside, turning aside, turned aside, turned aside| Base form | turn aside · to turn aside |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | turns aside |
| Present participle | turning aside |
| Past simple | turned aside |
| Past participle | turned aside |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- turn upз’являтисяTo show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
- turn offвимкнути, вимикатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, off.
- turn outвийти, виходитиTo end up; to result.
- turn onвключати, вмикатиTo set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
- turn inздати, здаватиTo submit something; to give.
- turn downвідмовити, відкинутиTo refuse, decline, or deny.
- turn backзупинитися, зупинятисяTo reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
- turn overдати, даватиTo flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
More 8
- turn awayвідхилятися, відхилитисяTo rotate so as not to face someone or something.
- turn intoдістати, отримуватиTo become.
- turn aroundпідбирати, підніматиTo physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.
- turn toдістати, отримуватиWith to as particle
- turn aboutTo revolve.
- turn roundTo revolve or rotate around a centre.
- turn asideTo avert one's gaze
- turn againstTo rebel or oppose to something formerly supported.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle