turning
Meanings
noun
- A turn or deviation from a straight course.
- 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.
- The act of one who turns (rotates or twists).
- One of the four eras, each lasting for about 21 years, that make up a saeculum according to the Strauss-Howe generational theory.
- Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
verb
- present participle and gerund of turn
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Etymology
From Middle English turnyng, turnynge, from Old English tyrning, turnung, equivalent to turn + -ing.
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