to turn a collar

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• turn the collar — reverse the collar, turn over the collar …   English contemporary dictionary

• turn-down — turnˈ down adjective Folded down noun 1. A turn down part 2. A turn down collar 3. A turning down, rejection • • • Main Entry: ↑turn …   Useful english dictionary

• Collar (clothing) — William Shakespeare in a sheer linen collar of the early 17th century, a direct ancestor of the modern shirt collar. In clothing, a collar is the part of a shirt, dress, coat or blouse that fastens around or frames the neck. Among clothing… …   Wikipedia

• turn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Anglo French turner, tourner to turn, from… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• turn — [tʉrn] vt. [ME turnen < OE turnian & OFr turner, tourner, both < L tornare, to turn in a lathe, turn < tornus, lathe < Gr tornos, lathe, carpenter s compasses, akin to terein, to bore through: for IE base see THROW] I to cause to… …   English World dictionary

• collar — [käl′ər] n. [ME coler < OFr colier < L collare, band or chain for the neck < collum, the neck < IE base * kwel , to turn > WHEEL, Ger hals, neck] 1. the part of a garment that encircles the neck 2. a cloth band or folded over piece …   English World dictionary

• turn|back — «TURN BAK», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person who retreats or gives up an enterprise; quitter. 2. that part of anything that is folded or turned back: »He spread his hands on his chest, and touched the turnback of the sheet, and then the blanket… …   Useful english dictionary

• turn|down — «TURN DOWN», adjective, noun. –adj. that is or can be turned down; folded or doubled down: »a turndown collar. –n. 1. the action of turning down; rejection: »turndowns on loan applications (Wall Street Journal). 2. a decline; downturn: »Finance… …   Useful english dictionary

• turn|o|ver — «TURN OH vuhr», noun, adjective. –noun. 1. the act of turning upside down; overturn; upset. 2. the number of people hired to replace workers who leave or are dismissed. 3. the amount of changing from one job to another; rate at which new workers… …   Useful english dictionary

• collar — noun 1 on a shirt, coat, dress, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ open, undone (esp. BrE) ▪ His tie was knotted below his open collar. ▪ His collar was undone. ▪ button down …   Collocations dictionary

• collar — {{11}}collar (n.) c.1300, neck armor, gorget, from O.Fr. coler neck, collar (12c., Mod.Fr. collier), from L. collare necklace, band or chain for the neck, from collum the neck, from PIE *kwol o neck (Cf. O.N., M.Du. hals neck ), lit. that on… …   Etymology dictionary