turn away
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
move so as not face somebody or something
Types & categories
- turn hypernym
Sense 2 verb
turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
Types & categories
- turn hypernym
Related & opposite
- digression derivation
- deflector derivation
Sense 3 verb
refuse entrance or membership
They turned away hundreds of fans
Related & opposite
- allow in antonym
- nonacceptance derivation
- cull derivation
- refusal derivation
- spurn verb group
Sense 4 verb
turn away or aside
They averted their eyes when the King entered
Types & categories
- turn hypernym
Related & opposite
- aversion derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | turn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | digression |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deflector |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | turn |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | allow in |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nonacceptance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cull |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | refusal |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | spurn |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | aversion |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | turn |