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lind to, turn one's back on, turn a deaf ear to: Sally is able
to tune out anything she doesn't like to hear.
tuneful adj. melodic, musical, sweet-sounding, melodious, euphonious,
dulcet, mellifluent, mellifluous, harmonic, catchy, mellow,
smooth, rich, rhythmic, Colloq easy on the ear(s): Irving
Berlin wrote some of the most tuneful music that we have.
tunnel n. 1 shaft, subway, (underground) passage(way), underpass;
burrow, hole; Channel Tunnel, Colloq Chunnel: The cat got out
through this tunnel.
--v. 2 burrow, dig, hole, excavate, penetrate, mine: The
prisoners tunnelled under the wall and escaped.
turf n. 1 sod, sward, green, grass, greensward, lawn: We bought
some turf for the new lawn. 2 territory, bailiwick, area,
neighbourhood, backyard, Colloq stamping-ground, home ground,
(personal) space: You're on my turf now, so you'll do as I say.
3 the turf. horse-racing, racing, the racing world, racecourse,
racetrack: The attractions of the turf keep them from other
pursuits.
--v. 4 turf out. eject, dismiss, expel, throw out, oust,
banish, exile, Colloq sack, bounce, give (someone) the boot or
the sack or the (old) heave-ho, chuck or toss or kick or boot
out, fire: The committee said he had brought the sport into
disrepute and turfed him out of the team.
turn v. 1 rotate, revolve, spin, roll, reel, circle, gyrate, whirl,
wheel, go (a)round or about, pivot, swivel: The earth turns on
its axis. Turn the crank to raise the bucket. 2 move, shift,
wheel, veer, swing, face: As she turned I noticed a horrible
scar. 3 reverse, turn (a)round, alter, change, adapt,
reorganize, remodel, modify, refashion, reshape, reform,
transform, make over, convert, bring over: He has been trying
to turn the business into a profit-making enterprise. He has
turned defeat into advance. She managed to turn one of the most
loyal membrs of the government. 4 go or pass or move (a)round,
veer, drive, walk: Turn left at the corner. 5 go bad, become
rancid, spoil, curdle, addle, sour, decay, moulder, rot,
putrefy, Colloq go off: All the milk in the fridge had turned
because of the power cut. 6 apply, put, use, employ: Is there