turning

Speech parts

1. turning - Noun

2. turning - Verb

Meaning

of Turn

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

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

Deviation from the way or proper course.

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

The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bend change turn revolution rotation conversion curve spin rolling spinning deviation reversal whirling revolving twirling
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Antonyms

direct straight acceptable static stopping concluding
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Hypernyms

change movement output motion formation shaving

Hyponyms

left right version return revolution rotation

Phrases with the word

turning point turning into turning back turning on turning off turning red

Anagrams

Ringnut runting

Examples

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive. Edith Wharton

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. Richard Dawkins

A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems. Paul Erdős

It is a long lane that has no turning. English Proverb

Not turning his hand around for it. Dutch Proverb

Fortune's wheel is ever turning. Polish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Turnhouse Turnhout turnicid turning a blind eye to turning approver turning aside