сверну́ть

fairly common #4026C1verbperfective imperfective is свёртывать

1.
to turn, to turn off
Маши́на сверну́ла напра́во.
The car turned right.
of a person or vehicle changing direction
2.
to roll up, to fold up, to wrap tightly
Он сверну́л ковёр и унёс его.
He rolled up the carpet and carried it away.
3.
to curtail, to cut down, to scale back, to wind up
Заво́д сверну́л произво́дство.
The plant scaled back production.
of production, a project, an operation
4.
to twist (a neck), to break (a neck)
Он упа́л и чуть не сверну́л себе ше́ю.
He fell and almost broke his neck.
mostly in set phrases like свернуть шею

Examples

Он, просушивший палатку на солнце, свернул её и пошёл дальше.
After drying the tent in the sun, he folded it up and continued on his way.
Утром альпинисты свернули свой бивуак.
In the morning, the mountaineers dismantled their bivouac.
Мы свернули в тихий переулочек за церковью.
We turned into a quiet little lane behind the church.
Мы свернули на ответвление главной дороги.
We turned onto a branch of the main road.
В э́тот день я, возможно, впервые заду́мался: а не сверну́л ли я не туда на доро́ге жи́зни?
That day was perhaps the first time I'd wondered if I hadn't made a wrong turn on the road of life.
Дед свернул себе цигарку и закурил
Grandpa rolled himself a cigarette and lit it.
Беглец, настигаемый полицией, свернул в переулок.
The fugitive, pursued by the police, turned into an alley.
Развозящий почту велосипедист свернул за угол.
The cyclist delivering the mail turned the corner.

Imperative
ты	сверни́
вы	сверни́те

Active present	-
Active past	сверну́вший	having turned off, that turned off, having turned aside
Passive present	-
Passive past	свёрнутый	rolled up, coiled, curled up
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	сверну́в свернувши	while doing (past)

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Verb	Prefix	Meaning
сверну́ть	-	to turn; to roll up; to curtail; to twist (a neck)
сверну́ться	-	to curl up; to curdle; to be curtailed; to turn (onto another topic); to be pushed aside; to fall off; to die after a short illness

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свора́чиватьсяto curl up; to curdle; to be cut back; to turn to another subject; to be pushed aside; to derail; to be re-formed behind the front; to die after a short illness
свёртокpackage
свёртыватьсяto curl up; to curdle; to get stripped (of a thread); to turn off; to turn to another subject; to be pushed aside; to fall down; to die after a short illness