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lind to, turn one's back on, turn a deaf ear to: Sally is able<br />

to tune out anything she doesn't like to hear.<br />

tuneful adj. melodic, musical, sweet-sounding, melodious, euphonious,<br />

dulcet, mellifluent, mellifluous, harmonic, catchy, mellow,<br />

smooth, rich, rhythmic, Colloq easy on the ear(s): Irving<br />

Berlin wrote some of the most tuneful music that we have.<br />

tunnel n. 1 shaft, subway, (underground) passage(way), underpass;<br />

burrow, hole; Channel Tunnel, Colloq Chunnel: The cat got out<br />

through this tunnel.<br />

--v. 2 burrow, dig, hole, excavate, penetrate, mine: The<br />

prisoners tunnelled under the wall and escaped.<br />

turf<br />

n. 1 sod, sward, green, grass, greensward, lawn: We bought<br />

some turf for the new lawn. 2 territory, bailiwick, area,<br />

neighbourhood, backyard, Colloq stamping-ground, home ground,<br />

(personal) space: You're on my turf now, so you'll do as I say.<br />

3 the turf. horse-racing, racing, the racing world, racecourse,<br />

racetrack: The attractions of the turf keep them from other<br />

pursuits.<br />

--v. 4 turf out. eject, dismiss, expel, throw out, oust,<br />

banish, exile, Colloq sack, bounce, give (someone) the boot or<br />

the sack or the (old) heave-ho, chuck or toss or kick or boot<br />

out, fire: The committee said he had brought the sport into<br />

disrepute and turfed him out of the team.<br />

turn<br />

v. 1 rotate, revolve, spin, roll, reel, circle, gyrate, whirl,<br />

wheel, go (a)round or about, pivot, swivel: The earth turns on<br />

its axis. Turn the crank to raise the bucket. 2 move, shift,<br />

wheel, veer, swing, face: As she turned I noticed a horrible<br />

scar. 3 reverse, turn (a)round, alter, change, adapt,<br />

reorganize, remodel, modify, refashion, reshape, reform,<br />

transform, make over, convert, bring over: He has been trying<br />

to turn the business into a profit-making enterprise. He has<br />

turned defeat into advance. She managed to turn one of the most<br />

loyal membrs of the government. 4 go or pass or move (a)round,<br />

veer, drive, walk: Turn left at the corner. 5 go bad, become<br />

rancid, spoil, curdle, addle, sour, decay, moulder, rot,<br />

putrefy, Colloq go off: All the milk in the fridge had turned<br />

because of the power cut. 6 apply, put, use, employ: Is there

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