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Turning

verb
[ˈtɜː.nɪŋ]
Word Frequency: 32.2

Definitions

1.verb(heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.
2.verb(heading) To change condition or attitude.
3.verbTo change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
4.verb(usually with over) To complete.
"They say they can turn the parts in two days."
5.verbTo make (money); turn a profit.
"We turned a pretty penny with that little scheme."
6.verbOf a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
7.verbTo undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
"Ivory turns well."
8.verbTo bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
9.verbTo invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
10.verbTo translate.
"to turn the Iliad"
11.verbTo magically or divinely attack undead.
12.nounA turn or deviation from a straight course.
"Take the second turning on the left."
13.nounAt 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.
14.nounThe shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
15.nounThe act of turning.
16.nounShavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
"The turnings get into your trouser turnups!"

Synonyms

becomegetgorotatecompletego badgo offsourspoilspintwirlrebel

Rhymes With

yearningdiscerningburningconcerninglearningchurningreturningoverturning
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