turning

[ tur-ning ]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that turns.
2. an act of reversing position.
3. the place or point at which anything bends or changes direction.
4. the forming of objects on a lathe.
5. an object, as a spindle, turned on a lathe.
6. an act of shaping or forming something:

   the skillful turning of verses.

turning

/ ˈtɜːnɪŋ /

noun

1. Also calledturn a road, river, or path that turns off the main way

   the fourth turning on the right

2. the point where such a way turns off
3. a bend in a straight course
4. an object made on a lathe
5. another name for turnery
6. plural the waste produced in turning on a lathe

Other Words From

• un·turning adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of turning¹

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; turn, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

In turning the Scotland ship around, no player has had to dig deeper than Ralston.

From BBC

Step on a lemon, and while its height will dramatically decrease, its size will increase in the other directions, turning it into a disk-shaped object that still has a considerable surface area.

From Science Daily

Farmer Julian Potter is used to mystified holidaymakers turning up to one of his fields after encountering about 30 in the past six months.

From BBC

He fears having to sell off parts of his family's 700-acre hill farm near Bridgend to afford a future tax bill, saying his forefathers would be "turning in their graves".

From BBC

Yet governments and corporations are increasingly turning to them to offset emissions, rather than reducing fossil fuel use or developing more permanent CO2 disposal options.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• angle
• change
• corner
• curve
• departure
• direction
• reversal
• round
• shift
• spin
• spiral
• swing
• trend
• twist
• wind