turning
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
turning (plural turnings)
- (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
- Take the second turning on the left.
- (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.
- The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
- 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.
- (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
- The turnings get into your trouser turnups!
SynonymsEdit
- (shavings): swarf
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
A turn or deviation from a straight course
The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe
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The shavings produced by turning something on a lathe
VerbEdit
turning
- 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.