turning
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɜː.nɪŋ/
- (General American) enPR: tûrʹ-nĭng IPA(key): /ˈtɝ.nɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: turn‧ing
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English turnyng, turnynge, from Old English tyrning, turnung, equivalent to turn + -ing.
Noun[edit]
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 shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
- 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.
- (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
- The turnings get into your trouser turnups!
Synonyms[edit]
- (shavings): swarf
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
A turn or deviation from a straight course
The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe
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Etymology 2[edit]
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[edit]
turning
- 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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