turning

English

Pronunciation

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

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English turnyng, turnynge, from Old English tyrning, turnung, equivalent to turn +‎ -ing.

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

• by-turning
• engine turning
• it's a long road that has no turning
• table-turning
• turning approver
• turning away
• turning-away
• turning-beam
• turning center
• turning circle
• turning gear
• turning number
• turning point
• turning post
• turning rest
• turning steel
• turning tool

 

Translations

A turn or deviation from a straight course

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

  Ancient: στροφή f (strophḗ)

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

The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe

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

The shavings produced by turning something on a lathe

• Bulgarian: стру́жка (bg) (strúžka)

Etymology 2

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.

Verb

turning

1. present participle and gerund 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