TURNING


Meaning of TURNING in English

noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of turnen to turn — more at turn

1. : the act or course of one that turns: as

a. : rotation about an axis

the slow turning of the earth

b. : bend , flexure

count the turnings of a coil of wire

c. : deviation from the way or proper course

straighten out the turnings of the old road

a kind act that was to lead, after many turnings, to his own undoing — Time

d. : the act of reversing direction : about-face

2. : the place or point of a change in direction

when we come to the turning I shall run right past it — Margaret Kennedy

let only the few wrong turnings be retraced — Oscar Handlin

one of the major turnings in the cultural history of the West — Irving Horne

3.

a. : the act or process of forming by use of the lathe : turnery

b. : the shape of a turned member

staircase with balusters of three different turnings on each tread — American Guide Series: Connecticut

a trumpet-shaped turning

c. turnings plural : the chips or curls detached in the process of turnery from the material turned

cleaning pads made from metal turnings

4. : the amount of cloth (as the width of a seam) folded under along a raw edge for a seam or narrow hem

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