'Turning' definitions:
Definition of 'turning'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right" [syn: turn, turning]
noun
Act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years"
noun
A shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe
noun
A movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind" [syn: turning, turn]
noun
The end-product created by shaping something on a lathe
noun
The activity of shaping something on a lathe
Definition of 'Turning'
From: GCIDE
- Turn \Turn\ (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turned (t[^u]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Turning.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to round off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. to`rnos a turner's chisel, a carpenter's tool for drawing circles; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf. Attorney, Return, Tornado, Tour, Tournament.]
- 1. To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head. [1913 Webster]
- Turn the adamantine spindle round. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The monarch turns him to his royal guest. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something. "Expert when to advance, or stand, or, turn the sway of battle." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport Her importunity. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- My thoughts are turned on peace. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote. [1913 Webster]
- Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David. --1 Chron. x. 14. [1913 Webster]
- God will make these evils the occasion of a greater good, by turning them to advantage in this world. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- When the passage is open, land will be turned most to cattle; when shut, to sheep. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee. --Deut. xxx. 3. [1913 Webster]
- And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. --2 Sam. xv. 31. [1913 Webster]
- Impatience turns an ague into a fever. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal. [1913 Webster]
- I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt. "The poet's pen turns them to shapes." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread ! --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- He was perfectly well turned for trade. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Specifically: (a) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad. [1913 Webster]
- Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown. --Pope. [1913 Webster] (b) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly. [1913 Webster] (c) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach. [1913 Webster]
- 9. To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass around by turning; as, to turn a corner.
- The ranges are not high or steep, and one can turn a kopje instead of cutting or tunneling through it. --James Bryce.
- To be turned of, to be advanced beyond; as, to be turned of sixty-six.
- To turn a cold shoulder to, to treat with neglect or indifference.
- To turn a corner, (a) to go round a corner. (b) [Fig.] To advance beyond a difficult stage in a project, or in life.
- To turn adrift, to cast off, to cease to care for.
- To turn a flange (Mech.), to form a flange on, as around a metal sheet or boiler plate, by stretching, bending, and hammering, or rolling the metal.
- To turn against. (a) To direct against; as, to turn one's arguments against himself. (b) To make unfavorable or hostile to; as, to turn one's friends against him.
- To turn a hostile army, To turn the enemy's flank, or the like (Mil.), to pass round it, and take a position behind it or upon its side.
- To turn a penny, or To turn an honest penny, to make a small profit by trade, or the like.
- To turn around one's finger, to have complete control of the will and actions of; to be able to influence at pleasure.
- To turn aside, to avert.
- To turn away. (a) To dismiss from service; to discard; as, to turn away a servant. (b) To avert; as, to turn away wrath or evil.
- To turn back. (a) To give back; to return. [1913 Webster]
- We turn not back the silks upon the merchants, When we have soiled them. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) To cause to return or retrace one's steps; hence, to drive away; to repel. --Shak.
- To turn down. (a) To fold or double down. (b) To turn over so as to conceal the face of; as, to turn down cards. (c) To lower, or reduce in size, by turning a valve, stopcock, or the like; as, turn down the lights.
- To turn in. (a) To fold or double under; as, to turn in the edge of cloth. (b) To direct inwards; as, to turn the toes in when walking. (c) To contribute; to deliver up; as, he turned in a large amount. [Colloq.]
- To turn in the mind, to revolve, ponder, or meditate upon; -- with about, over, etc. " Turn these ideas about in your mind." --I. Watts.
- To turn off. (a) To dismiss contemptuously; as, to turn off a sycophant or a parasite. (b) To give over; to reduce. (c) To divert; to deflect; as, to turn off the thoughts from serious subjects; to turn off a joke. (d) To accomplish; to perform, as work. (e) (Mech.) To remove, as a surface, by the process of turning; to reduce in size by turning. (f) To shut off, as a fluid, by means of a valve, stopcock, or other device; to stop the passage of; as, to turn off the water or the gas.
- To turn one's coat, to change one's uniform or colors; to go over to the opposite party.
- To turn one's goods or To turn one's money, and the like, to exchange in the course of trade; to keep in lively exchange or circulation; to gain or increase in trade.
- To turn one's hand to, to adapt or apply one's self to; to engage in.
- To turn out. (a) To drive out; to expel; as, to turn a family out of doors; to turn a man out of office. [1913 Webster]
- I'll turn you out of my kingdom. -- Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) to put to pasture, as cattle or horses. (c) To produce, as the result of labor, or any process of manufacture; to furnish in a completed state. (d) To reverse, as a pocket, bag, etc., so as to bring the inside to the outside; hence, to produce. (e) To cause to cease, or to put out, by turning a stopcock, valve, or the like; as, to turn out the lights.
- To turn over. (a) To change or reverse the position of; to overset; to overturn; to cause to roll over. (b) To transfer; as, to turn over business to another hand. (c) To read or examine, as a book, while, turning the leaves. "We turned o'er many books together." --Shak. (d) To handle in business; to do business to the amount of; as, he turns over millions a year. [Colloq.]
- To turn over a new leaf. See under Leaf.
- To turn tail, to run away; to retreat ignominiously.
- To turn the back, to flee; to retreat.
- To turn the back on or
- To turn the back upon, to treat with contempt; to reject or refuse unceremoniously.
- To turn the corner, to pass the critical stage; to get by the worst point; hence, to begin to improve, or to succeed.
- To turn the die or To turn the dice, to change fortune.
- To turn the edge of or To turn the point of, to bend over the edge or point of so as to make dull; to blunt.
- To turn the head of or To turn the brain of, to make giddy, wild, insane, or the like; to infatuate; to overthrow the reason or judgment of; as, a little success turned his head.
- To turn the scale or To turn the balance, to change the preponderance; to decide or determine something doubtful; to tip the balance.
- To turn the stomach of, to nauseate; to sicken.
- To turn the tables, to reverse the chances or conditions of success or superiority; to give the advantage to the person or side previously at a disadvantage.
- To turn tippet, to make a change. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
- To turn to profit, To turn to advantage, etc., to make profitable or advantageous.
- To turn turtle, to capsize bottom upward; -- said of a vessel. [Naut. slang]
- To turn under (Agric.), to put, as soil, manure, etc., underneath from the surface by plowing, digging, or the like.
- To turn up. (a) To turn so as to bring the bottom side on top; as, to turn up the trump. (b) To bring from beneath to the surface, as in plowing, digging, etc. (c) To give an upward curve to; to tilt; as, to turn up the nose.
- To turn upon, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the arguments of an opponent upon himself.
- To turn upside down, to confuse by putting things awry; to throw into disorder. [1913 Webster]
- This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Turning'
From: GCIDE
- Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a flexure; a meander. [1913 Webster]
- Through paths and turnings often trod by day. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road. [1913 Webster]
- It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools. [1913 Webster]
- 5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned. [1913 Webster]
- Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring large work.
- Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
- Turning engine, an engine lathe.
- Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
- Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n.
- Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and which decides a case. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'turning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrancy,
- aberrant,
- aberration,
- aberrative,
- about-face,
- ambages,
- ambagious,
- anfractuosity,
- anfractuous,
- angle,
- angular momentum,
- angular motion,
- angular velocity,
- axial motion,
- bend,
- bending,
- bias,
- bow,
- bowing,
- bowling,
- branching off,
- centrifugation,
- circling,
- circuition,
- circuitous,
- circuitousness,
- circuitry,
- circularity,
- circulation,
- circumambages,
- circumambience,
- circumambiency,
- circumambulation,
- circumbendibus,
- circumflexion,
- circumgyration,
- circumlocution,
- circumlocutory,
- circummigration,
- circumnavigation,
- circumrotation,
- circumvolution,
- conflexure,
- convolution,
- convolutional,
- corner,
- crinkle,
- crinkling,
- crook,
- curve,
- declination,
- deflection,
- departing,
- departure,
- desultory,
- detour,
- deviance,
- deviancy,
- deviant,
- deviating,
- deviation,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- devious,
- deviousness,
- digression,
- digressive,
- discursion,
- discursive,
- divagation,
- divarication,
- divergence,
- diversion,
- dogleg,
- double,
- drift,
- drifting,
- errant,
- errantry,
- erratic,
- excursion,
- excursive,
- excursus,
- exorbitation,
- flection,
- flex,
- flexuose,
- flexuosity,
- flexuous,
- flexuousness,
- flexure,
- full circle,
- geanticline,
- geosyncline,
- gyrating,
- gyration,
- gyre,
- gyring,
- hairpin,
- hairpin turn,
- indirect,
- indirection,
- inflection,
- intorsion,
- involute,
- involuted,
- involution,
- involutional,
- labyrinthine,
- mazy,
- meander,
- meandering,
- meandrous,
- obliquity,
- orbit,
- orbiting,
- out-of-the-way,
- oxbow,
- pererration,
- pivoting,
- planetary,
- rambling,
- reeling,
- reflection,
- reverse,
- reversion,
- revolution,
- revolving,
- right-about,
- rivose,
- rivulation,
- rivulose,
- roll,
- rolling,
- rotating,
- rotation,
- rotational motion,
- roundabout,
- roundaboutness,
- rounding,
- roving,
- ruffled,
- S-curve,
- serpentine,
- sheer,
- shift,
- shifting,
- shifting course,
- shifting path,
- sinuate,
- sinuation,
- sinuose,
- sinuosity,
- sinuous,
- sinuousness,
- skew,
- slant,
- slinkiness,
- snakiness,
- snaky,
- spin,
- spinning,
- spiral,
- spiraling,
- stray,
- straying,
- sweep,
- swerve,
- swerving,
- swinging,
- swirling,
- swiveling,
- tack,
- torsion,
- torsional,
- tortile,
- tortility,
- tortuosity,
- tortuous,
- tortuousness,
- trolling,
- trundling,
- turbination,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- twirling,
- twist,
- twisting,
- twisty,
- undirected,
- undulation,
- vagrant,
- variation,
- veer,
- veering,
- volte-face,
- volutation,
- volution,
- wandering,
- warp,
- wave,
- waving,
- wheeling,
- whir,
- whirling,
- whorled,
- winding,
- wreathlike,
- wreathy,
- yaw,
- zigzag
Words containing 'Turning'
- By turns,
- In turn,
- To a turn,
- To be turned of,
- To turn about,
- To turn again,
- To turn against,
- To turn down,
- To turn in,
- To turn into,
- To turn off,
- To turn on,
- To turn out,
- To turn over,
- To turn to,
- To turn under,
- To turn up,
- Turn,
- Turn and turn about,
- Turned,
- about turn,
- turn about,
- turn down,
- turn in,
- turn into,
- turn off,
- turn on,
- turn out,
- turn over,
- turn to,
- turn up,
- turned off,
- turned on,
- turned out,
- turned up,
- By-turning,
- Engine turning,
- Flange turning,
- Good turn,
- Ill turn,
- Quarter turn,
- Round turn,
- Sea turn,
- Series turns,
- Table turning,
- To take turns,
- To turn a corner,
- To turn a flange,
- To turn a penny,
- To turn adrift,
- To turn aside,
- To turn away,
- To turn back,
- To turn head,
- To turn in the mind,
- To turn round,
- To turn tail,
- To turn the back,
- To turn the back on,
- To turn the balance,
- To turn the brain of,
- To turn the corner,
- To turn the dice,
- To turn the die,
- To turn the edge of,
- To turn the head of,
- To turn the point of,
- To turn the scale,
- To turn the stomach of,
- To turn the tables,
- To turn tippet,
- To turn to account,
- To turn to advantage,
- To turn to flight,
- To turn to profit,
- To turn turtle,
- To turn upon,
- To turn upside down,
- Toll turn,
- Turn bench,
- Turn buckle,
- Turn cap,
- Turn of life,
- Turn screw,
- Turn-out,
- Turning bridge,
- Turning engine,
- Turning lathe,
- Turning pair,
- Turning point,
- kick turn,
- stem turn,
- take turns,
- toss and turn,
- turn a loss,
- turn a profit,
- turn a trick,
- turn around,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn away from,
- turn back,
- turn indicator,
- turn inside out,
- turn of events,
- turn of expression,
- turn of phrase,
- turn of the century,
- turn on a dime,
- turn red,
- turn signal,
- turn tail,
- turn the corner,
- turn the other cheek,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn the trick,
- turn thumbs down,
- turn turtle,
- turn up the heat,
- turn up the pressure,
- turn upside down,
- turn-on,
- turned around,
- turning away,
- Quarter turn belt,
- Re-turn,
- To bring up with a round turn,
- To turn King's evidence,
- To turn Queen's evidence,
- To turn State's evidence,
- To turn a cold shoulder to,
- To turn a hostile army,
- To turn an honest penny,
- To turn one's coat,
- To turn one's goods,
- To turn one's hand to,
- To turn one's money,
- To turn over a new leaf,
- To turn the back on one,
- To turn the back upon,
- To turn the enemy's flank,
- Turn-buckle,
- Turn-outs,
- Turn-sick,
- Turning and boring mill,
- ampere-turn,
- turn a blind eye,
- turn a nice dime,
- turn a nice dollar,
- turn a nice penny,
- turn one's stomach,
- turn over a new leaf,
- u-turn,
- well-turned,
- To bring up any one with a round turn,
- To turn around one's finger,
- three-point turn