EGAVE

turning

About 32.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A turn or deviation from a straight course.
    Take the second turning on the left.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun The cutting of wood or metal on a lathe to shape it as needed.
  4. noun The act of one who turns (rotates or twists).
  5. noun One of the four eras, each lasting for about 21 years, that make up a saeculum according to the Strauss-Howe generational theory.
    Howe and Strauss predicted that in the Fourth Turning, Millennials would unite behind their president.
  6. noun Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
    The turnings get into your trouser turnups!
  7. verb present participle and gerund of turn
    The Earth is turning about its axis as we speak.

Similar words

moving revolving rotating wheeling about-turn u-turn turnaround shifting reversal reversing

Often followed by

to the point out back his away on over into

Word family

turnings

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