turning

[ˈtɜː.nɪŋ][ˈtɝ.nɪŋ]

verb

  1. 1

    (heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.

  2. 2

    (heading) To change condition or attitude.

  3. 3

    To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.

  4. 4

    (usually with over) To complete.

    “They say they can turn the parts in two days.”
  5. 5

    To make (money); turn a profit.

    “We turned a pretty penny with that little scheme.”
  6. 6

    Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

  7. 7

    To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.

    “Ivory turns well.”
  8. 8

    To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

  9. 9

    To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

  10. 10

    To translate.

    “to turn the Iliad”
  11. 11

    To magically or divinely attack undead.

noun

  1. 1

    A turn or deviation from a straight course.

    “Take the second turning on the left.”
  2. 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. 3

    The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.

  4. 4

    The act of turning.

  5. 5

    Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.

    “The turnings get into your trouser turnups!”

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