turning

Noun

1. (Ireland, UK) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
2. At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their body between the ball and an opposing player trying to do the same.
3. The cutting of wood or metal on a lathe to shape it as needed.
4. The act of one who turns (rotates or twists).
5. One of the four eras, each lasting for about 21 years, that make up a saeculum according to the Strauss-Howe generational theory.
6. (plural, plural-only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.

Verb

present participle and gerund of turn

turn

• Verb
• Noun

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɜː.nɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: turnyng

Inherited from Old English: tyrning

Inherited from Middle English: turninge

Inherited from Old English: tyrnende

In summary

From Middle English turnyng, turnynge, from Old English tyrning, turnung, equivalent to turn + -ing.

Synonyms

turn

rotation

rotating

spinning

revolving

revolution

rotary

spin

turning over

turner’s

whirling

twisting

curve

bend

reversal

veering

winding

transition

shift

circling

rolling

conversion

transmutation

circumvolution

flake

circular

catastrophe

flip

flux

form

facing

difference

devious

returning

curving

circuitous

amendment

phrase

crucial

churning

moving

modification

mutation

permutation

critical

‼️

rendering

metamorphosis

meandering

reversion

crisp

Translations

giro

στροφή

tournant

dönme

copeau

Umdrehung

rotation

Rotation

girato

tornitura

schaltend

Kreisbewegung

virage

girata

Drehung

Sentences

While turning southwestward on the following day , the hurricane began to undergo rapid deepening .