turning

[ˈtɜː.nɪŋ][ˈtɝ.nɪŋ]

verb

1
(heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.
2
(heading) To change condition or attitude.
3
To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
4
(usually with over) To complete.
“They say they can turn the parts in two days.”
5
To make (money); turn a profit.
“We turned a pretty penny with that little scheme.”
6
Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
7
To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
“Ivory turns well.”
8
To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
9
To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
10
To translate.
“to turn the Iliad”
11
To magically or divinely attack undead.

1
A turn or deviation from a straight course.
“Take the second turning on the left.”
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 shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
4
The act of turning.
5
Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
“The turnings get into your trouser turnups!”

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