turning
noun
[ ˈtəːnɪŋ ]
• a place where a road branches off from another.
• "take the first turning on the right"
• the action or skill of using a lathe.
turn
verb
• move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.
• "the big wheel was turning"
Similar:
go round,
revolve,
rotate,
spin,
go round and round,
go round in circles,
roll,
circle,
wheel,
whirl,
twirl,
gyrate,
swivel,
spiral,
pivot,
pass round,
sweep round,
round,
negotiate,
take,
• move (something) so that it is in a different position in relation to its surroundings or its previous position.
• "turn the mould upside down"
• change or cause to change in nature, state, form, or colour; become or make.
• "she turned pale"
Similar:
become,
develop into,
prove to be,
turn out to be,
change into,
be transformed into,
metamorphose into,
go,
grow,
get,
come to be,
convert,
change,
transform,
make,
adapt,
modify,
rebuild,
reconstruct,
refashion,
remake,
make over,
restyle,
• shape (something) on a lathe.
• "the faceplate is turned rather than cast"
• make (a profit).
Origin:
Old English tyrnan, turnian (verb), from Latin tornare, from tornus ‘lathe’, from Greek tornos ‘lathe, circular movement’; probably reinforced in Middle English by Old French turner . The noun (Middle English) is partly from Anglo-Norman French tourn, partly from the verb.
