turning

English

Etymology

turn +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː.nɪŋ/
• enPR: tûrʹ-nĭng IPA^(key): /ˈtɝ.nɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: turn‧ing
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ

Noun

turning (plural turnings)

1. (British) A turn or deviation from a straight course.

   Take the second turning on the left.

2. (field hockey) 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.
4. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
5. The act of turning.
   • 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, pages 112-3:

     A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.

6. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.

   The turnings get into your trouser turnups!

Synonyms

• (shavings): swarf

Derived terms

• turning point

Translations

A turn or deviation from a straight course

• Bulgarian: завой (bg) m (zavoj)
• Finnish: mutka (fi)
• Greek: στροφή (el) f (strofí)

  Ancient: στροφή f (strophḗ)

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• Hindi: घुमाव (hi) m (ghumāv), मोड़ (hi) m (moṛ)
• Spanish: bocacalle (into a street)

The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe

• Bulgarian: стругуване n (struguvane)
• Finnish: sorvaus, sorvaaminen (fi)
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• Swedish: trycksvarvning c, svarvning (sv) c

The shavings produced by turning something on a lathe

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• Bulgarian: стру́жка (bg) (strúžka)

Verb

turning

1. present participle of turn

   The Earth is turning about its axis as we speak.

   He made wooden soldiers by turning them on a hand lathe.

Anagrams

• Ringnut, runting