noun deviation from the way or proper course.
2. turning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of turn.
3. turning ·noun a maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.
4. turning ·noun the place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
5. turning ·noun the pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
6. turning ·noun turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
7. turning ·noun the act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.