turning

English

Etymology

turn +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• enPR: tûrʹ-nĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈtɜɹ.nɪŋ/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈtɜː.nɪŋ]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈtɝ.nɪŋ]

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

Noun

turning (plural turnings)

1. (Britain) 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 1, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 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

• Finnish: mutka (fi)

• Greek: στροφή (el) f (strofí)
• Spanish: bocacalle (into a street)

The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe

• Finnish: sorvaus, sorvaaminen

• Swedish: trycksvarvning c, svarvning c

The shavings produced by turning something on a lathe

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