Turning

What do we mean by turning?

A deviation from a straight course; a turn. noun

The shaping of metal or wood on a lathe. noun

Shavings produced in shaping metal on a lathe. noun

The act of one who or of that which turns. Specifically noun

The practice of regular gymnastics according to the system of F. L. Jahn. See turner, 4. noun

A winding; deviation from the straight, direct, or established course; a bend; a turn; also, the place where a road or street diverges or branches out from another. noun

Milit., a manœuver by which an enemy or a position is turned. noun

In obstetrics, the rectification of a malpresentation by bringing down the head or the feet. See version. noun

The art or practice of shaping objects by means of cutting-tools while the objects themselves are revolved rapidly on a lathe. noun

Plural The chips detached in the process of turning. noun

In ceramics, the operation of completing or rectifying the shape of a vase, or the like, before it is fired. noun

A turn; a movement back and forth. noun

The part of any textile fabric, leather, or any similar material turned in or under, to avoid making a raw edge. noun

The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a flexure; a meander. noun

The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road. noun

Deviation from the way or proper course. noun

Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools. noun

The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the plural. noun

A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned. noun

(heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.

(heading) To change condition or attitude.

To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.

(usually with over) To complete.

To make (money); turn a profit.

Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.

To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

To translate.

To magically or divinely attack undead.

Words that are spelled similarly to turning:
turning, burning, turing, tuning, gurning, tunning, turfing, durning, urning.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word turning:
heel, northward, point, radius, eastward, onto, northeast, tide, darkness, heading, crossing, intersection, passes, northwest, southeast, profit, heads, passing, wheel, professional, blind, interchange, pro, entering, reaches, lights, circle, terminus.

Words that rhyme with turning:
learning, discerning, concerning, burning, yearning, churning, kerning, spurning, berning, returning, adjourning, overturning, rote learning, durning, language learning, developmental learning, free burning, lust for learning, burn ing, concern ing, earn ing, learn ing, return ing, turn ing, were earning, werning.

Adjectives that are often used to describe turning:
wrong, first, key, frequent, next, inward, sudden, table, slow, last, constant, half, second, right, rough, mere, rapid, slight, quick, sharp, regular, simple, gradual, complete, outward, final, actual, wood, third, easy, hand, decisive, narrow, continuous, left, over, ornamental, occasional, roll, continual, straight, deliberate, side, contralateral, abrupt, steady, plain, head, subsequent, perpetual, spiral, backward, mechanical, stomach, automatic, ceaseless, spontaneous, page, comfortable, voluntary, engine, upward, unexpected, radical, simultaneous, excessive, restless, smooth, metal, endless, careful, ineffectual, gentle.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective turning:
point, points, lathe, vehicles, wheel, lathes, response, king, out, back, tools, post, machine, off, tool, traffic, moment, movements, monarch, wheels, shop, tendency, operation, vehicle, responses, circle, screws, propellers, attachment, sword, sunlight, device, mill, machines, box, kings, eye, ceremony, engines, tables, plough, fans, posts, propeller, chair, suspense, gear, fan, thriller, apparatus, engine, round, spiral, novel, teachings, cars, machinery, down, tendencies, mouth, marks, plow, blades, drivers, gesture, read, mills, seances.

Consonant match to turning:
tuning, tanning, toning, tunning, tinning, tan hong, tie ning, town hung, turn ing.

Words that sound like turning:
turning, turn in, terming, turn-in, durning, turnen, trying, training, tanning, tring, tunning, turn on, tering, tinning, trowing, termin, termine, turnings, turn-on, turnage, truing, treeing, trueing, herning, yearning, churning, ironing, trung, turna, turman, terman, terna, trennung, timing, trim, tourney, trimming, tuning, teeming, teaming, trin, toning, tannin, truong, trang, trinh, turney, tonguing, tanin, trimm, tinging, turno, trym, turned in, tournee, tinnin, tanging, turchin, tomming, tramming, terni, drying, learning, drowning, drawing, dining, during, dawning, draining, arming, dinning, droning, dring, donning, worming, tryon, dunning, denning, darning, kerning, triune, gurning, turmel, danning, ferning, arnim, sternum, tannen, tiernan, tenon, tanen, tennon, tenen, terma, ternion, tinnon, tienen, tranum, ternate, tanum.