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turning Definition

turn·ing (tʉrniŋ)

noun

  1. the action of a person or thing that turns
  2. a place where a road turns or turns off
  3. the art or process of shaping things on or as on a lathe

turning Synonyms

turning

modif.

  1. Bending

    twisting, shifting, whirling, rotating, revolving, bending, curving, spinning, wheeling, shunting; see also writhing.

    Antonyms permanent*, static*, fixed. *

  2. Growing

    transforming, becoming, converting, changing; see growing.

turning Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • signpost: After leaving Blakeney continue for approximately 2 miles until reaching a right turning signposted Awre.
  • ignore: Turn right in front of public house, pass under bridge & ignore first turning on right to car park.
  • miss: If you miss the turning into Flag lane South then turn right at the traffic lights and then first right after about 200 yards.
  • take: Take the next turning on your right into Boden Street.
  • leave: Take the first turning left into Cloth Street, then the second turning on the right into Newbury Street.
  • pass: Just think: on the road you have right of way passing a side turning.

Preposition: on

  • left: Stanton Avenue is the second turning on the left.

Adjective modifier

  • southward: The superposed epoch studies were carried out using the time of the southward turning as time zero.
  • wrong: We managed to take a wrong turning which meant an unnecessary detour, with every light seeming to work against us.
  • 3rd: Take the 3rd turning on the left, into St Mildred's Road, then 1st left into Queen Bertha Road.
  • 2nd: You will see Regent Terrace as the 2nd turning on the right after the Zebra crossing.
  • 1st: Take the 1st turning on the right into Weighhouse Street.
  • 4th: Queen Anne's Road is the 4th turning on the left.

Modifies a noun

  • circle: Fitted to cranks to shorten distance between pedals, making a shorter turning circle for short legs.

Noun used with modifier

  • spindle: Bowl turning will require a larger lathe than spindle turning.
  • wood: Ralph Curry will teach the art of wood turning.
  • bowl: Bowl turning will require a larger lathe than spindle turning.
  • tide: Meanwhile, the signs of the tide turning are quite evident in this tiny corner of paradise.

Preposition: of

  • tide: The food processing industry has sensed the turning of the tide toward organic.
  • wheel: Got to make to the next meal Try to keep up with the turning of the wheel.
turning Quotes

   Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turning before we have learnt to walk.

—Connolly, Cyril Vernon

To those who wait with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only this to say. You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning. See Fry 340:25.

—Thatcher, Margaret HildaThatcher, Baroness

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. SeeAchebe 2:18.

—Yeats,W(illiam) B(utler)

Browse dictionary entries near turning

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