turning
Pronunciation Etymology 1
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Pronunciation Etymology 1
From Middle English turnyng, turnynge, from Old English tyrning, turnung, equivalent to
turning (plural turnings)
- (British) 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 cutting of wood or metal on a lathe to shape it as needed. - Hypernyms: machining#Noun
- Coordinate terms: boring (ID counterpart), drilling; milling, broaching, shaping, planing, grinding
- The act of turning (rotating or twisting).
- (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
- The turnings get into your trouser turnups!
- (shavings) swarf
- French: virage
- Spanish: bocacalle (into a street)
From Middle English turninge, turnynge, turninde, turnand, turnende, from Old English tyrnende, turniende, present participle of Old English tyrnan, turnian.
Verb- 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.
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