noun
Meaning 1
A turn or deviation from a straight course.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK
Examples
- Take the second turning on the left.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
turning
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː.nɪŋ/
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General-American: tûrʹ-nĭng
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General-American: /ˈtɝ.nɪŋ/
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Northumbria: /ˈtɔːn.ɪn/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
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noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: field hockey
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The cutting of wood or metal on a lathe to shape it as needed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: machining
noun
Meaning 4
The act of one who turns (rotates or twists).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
One of the four eras, each lasting for about 21 years, that make up a saeculum according to the Strauss-Howe generational theory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Howe and Strauss predicted that in the Fourth Turning, Millennials would unite behind their president.
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noun
Meaning 6
Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- The turnings get into your trouser turnups!
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of turn
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Examples
- The Earth is turning about its axis as we speak.
- He made wooden soldiers by turning them on a hand lathe.
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noun
Meaning 8
act of changing in practice or custom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the law took many turnings over the years
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
noun
Meaning 9
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he took a turn to the right
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: turn
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change of course
Narrower terms: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation, right, left, kick turn, stem turn, stem, telemark, swerve, swerving, veering, three-point turn, version
noun
Meaning 10
the activity of shaping something on a lathe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: formation, shaping
noun
Meaning 11
the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: end product, output
noun
Meaning 12
a movement in a new direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the turning of the wind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: turn
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: movement, motion
Narrower terms: reversal, turn around, yaw, swerve, rotation, revolution, gyration, return, coming back, volution
noun
Meaning 13
a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: paring, sliver, shaving
History
Etymology
From Middle English turnyng, turnynge, from Old English tyrning, turnung, equivalent to turn + -ing.
From Middle English turninge, turnynge, turninde, turnand, turnende, from Old English tyrnende, turniende, present participle of Old English tyrnan, turnian (“to turn”). Equivalent to turn + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: завой (zavoj) — A turn or deviation from a straight course
- Finnish: mutka — A turn or deviation from a straight course
- French: virage — A turn or deviation from a straight course
- Greek: στροφή (strofí) — A turn or deviation from a straight course
- Ancient Greek: στροφή (strophḗ) — A turn or deviation from a straight course
- Hindi: घुमाव (ghumāv) — A turn or deviation from a straight course
- Hindi: मोड़ (moṛ) — A turn or deviation from a straight course
- Romanian: viraj — A turn or deviation from a straight course
- Spanish: bocacalle — A turn or deviation from a straight course
- Bulgarian: стругуване (struguvane) — The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe
- Chinese Mandarin: 車削 /车削 (chēxiāo) — The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe
- Chinese Mandarin: 車加工 /车加工 (chējiāgōng) — The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe
- Finnish: sorvaus — The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe
- Finnish: sorvaaminen — The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe
- Swedish: trycksvarvning — The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe
- Swedish: svarvning — The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe
- Bulgarian: стру́жка (strúžka) — The shavings produced by turning something on a lathe
- Hungarian: forgács — The shavings produced by turning something on a lathe
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