All turn on synonyms
turn on
T t verb turn on
- actuate β If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
- get going β an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
- hexing β Present participle of hex.
- energise β Alternative form of energize.
- entice β Attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.
- innerving β Present participle of innerve.
- enchant β Fill (someone) with great delight; charm.
- jollies β in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- blow away β If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away, you mean that you are very impressed by it.
- hexed β to bewitch; practice witchcraft on: He was accused of hexing his neighbors' cows because they suddenly stopped giving milk.
- braining β Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- hit on β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- energize β Give vitality and enthusiasm to.
- mousetrap β a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- hinge β a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- floodlit β Lit by floodlights.
- bestirred β to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- allure β to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
- ensorcelled β Simple past tense and past participle of ensorcell.
- exhilarate β Make (someone) feel very happy, animated, or elated.
- blistered β a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- infatuate β to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- interest β the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
- innervate β to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- innerve β to supply with nervous energy; invigorate; animate.
- invigorate β to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- arride β to gladden or give pleasure or satisfaction to (a person)
- commoving β Present participle of commove.
- charm β Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
- larrup β to beat or thrash.
- goosed β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- agitate β If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
- lure β anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- bottoming β the lowest level of foundation material for a road or other structure
- in flames β to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- blow the whistle on β to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- heat up β the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- enamor β Be filled with a feeling of love for.
- humoring β a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humouring β humor.
- beguile β If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
- activate β If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
- instigate β to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- carry away β to remove forcefully
- infatuating β to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- make waves β a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.