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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Turn \Turn\ (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turned; 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 rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? 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.
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              Turn the adamantine spindle round.    --Milton.
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              The monarch turns him to his royal guest. --Pope.
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     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.
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     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.
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              Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport
              Her importunity.                      --Milton.
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              My thoughts are turned on peace.      --Addison.
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     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.
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              Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto
              David.                                --1 Chron. x.
                                                    14.
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              God will make these evils the occasion of a greater
              good, by turning them to advantage in this world.
                                                    --Tillotson.
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              When the passage is open, land will be turned most
              to cattle; when shut, to sheep.       --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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     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.
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              The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
              compassion upon thee.                 --Deut. xxx.
                                                    3.
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              And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the
              counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. --2 Sam. xv.
                                                    31.
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              Impatience turns an ague into a fever. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
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     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.
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              I had rather hear a brazen candlestick turned.
                                                    --Shak.
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     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.
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              His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread
              !                                     --Pope.
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              He was perfectly well turned for trade. --Addison.
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     8. Specifically:
        (a) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
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                  Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown.
                                                    --Pope.
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        (b) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as,
            to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
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        (c) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's
            stomach.
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     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, 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, to go round a corner.
  
     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.
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                  We turn not back the silks upon the merchants,
                  When we have soiled them.         --Shak.
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        (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.
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                  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.
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              This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler
              died.                                 --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
     1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
        a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.
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              Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
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              It is preached at every turning.      --Coleridge.
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     3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
        by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
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     5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
        turning from the material turned.
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     6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
        turned.
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     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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Turn \Turn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turned; 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 rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? 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.
  
              Turn the adamantine spindle round.    --Milton.
  
              The monarch turns him to his royal guest. --Pope.
  
     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.
  
     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.
  
              Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport Her
              importunity.                          --Milton.
  
              My thoughts are turned on peace.      --Addison.
  
     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.
  
              Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto
              David.                                --1 Chron. x.
                                                    14.
  
              God will make these evils the occasion of a greater
              good, by turning them to advantage in this world.
                                                    --Tillotson.
  
              When the passage is open, land will be turned most
              to cattle; when shut, to sheep.       --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
  
     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.
  
              The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
              compassion upon thee.                 --Deut. xxx.
                                                    3.
  
              And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the
              counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. --2 Sam. xv.
                                                    31.
  
              Impatience turns an ague into a fever. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
  
     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.
  
              I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned. --Shak.
  
     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.
  
              His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread
              !                                     --Pope.
  
              He was perfectly well turned for trade. --Addison.
  
     8. Specifically:
        (a) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
  
                  Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown.
                                                    --Pope.
        (b) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as,
            to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
        (c) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's
            stomach.
  
     To be turned of, 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, to go round a corner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
     1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
        a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.
  
              Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
  
              It is preached at every turning.      --Coleridge.
  
     3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
  
     4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
        by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
  
     5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
        turning from the material turned.
  
     6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
        turned.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  turning
       n 1: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the
            course; "he took a turn to the right" [syn: turn]
       2: act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many
          turnings over the years"
       3: a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind"
          [syn: turn]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  turning
     Αγγλικά n.
     (''βρετανικό'') παράκαμψη

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  turning
     n.
     1 (lb en British) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
     2 (lb en field hockey) 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 (senseid en shaping)The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
     4 The act of turning.
     5 (lb en plural only) shavings produced by turning something on a
  lathe.
     vb.
     (present participle of en turn nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  turning
     n.
     1 (lb en British) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
     2 (lb en field hockey) 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 (senseid en shaping)The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
     4 The act of turning.
     5 (lb en plural only) shavings produced by turning something on a
  lathe.
     vb.
     (present participle of en turn nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  turning
     n.
     1 (lb en British) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
     2 (lb en field hockey) 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 (senseid en shaping)The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
     4 The act of turning.
     5 (lb en plural only) shavings produced by turning something on a
  lathe.
     vb.
     (present participle of en turn nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  turning
     n.
     1 (lb en British) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
     2 (lb en field hockey) 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 (senseid en shaping)The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
     4 The act of turning.
     5 (lb en plural only) shavings produced by turning something on a
  lathe.
     vb.
     (present participle of en turn nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  turning
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm t urn ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  turning
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en turn ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb turn)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  المنعطف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  turning //ˈtɜː.nɪŋ// //ˈtɝ.nɪŋ// 
  1. завой
  A turn or deviation from a straight course
  2. стругуване
  The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe
  3. стру́жка
  The shavings produced by turning something on a lathe

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  otočení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  otočka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  točení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  otáčení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  obracení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  obracející

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  odbočka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/ 
  točení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/ 
  otočka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/ 
  otáčení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/ 
  obracení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/ 
  otočení

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  Abbiegen  [auto]
     Synonyms: turning-off, turn-off
  
   see: improper turning, improper turn
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  Abdrehen  [techn.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  Abzweigung , Abbiegung , Einbiegung 
   see: turnings
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  Schwenken , Schwenkung 
     Synonym: swinging round
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  Wendeplatte , Spitzkehre  [auto]
   see: turnings
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  Zuwendung , Sichzuwenden 
           Note: zu
           Note: to

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  abbiegend, einbiegend
   see: turn, turn off, make a turn, turned, turns, turned, bear to the right / left, bear off to the right / left, The main road bears to the right.
  
           Note: off

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  sich drehend, rotierend
   see: turn, turned, turns, turned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  drehend
   see: turn, turned, unturned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  drehend
   see: turn, turned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  herumdrehend, umdrehend
   see: turn sth., turned, turn the key twice
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  herumdrehend, auf die andere Seite drehend
   see: turn sth., turned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  hinwendend
   see: turn sth. towards/to sb., turned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  klappend
     Synonyms: folding, lifting, putting
  
   see: fold, turn, lift up, put down, folded, turned, lifted, put
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  umbiegend
     Synonyms: bending, folding
  
   see: bend, turn, fold sth., bent, turned, folded
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  umdrehend, umwendend
        "I'm turning the tables now."  - Jetzt drehe ich den Spieß mal um.
   see: turn, turned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  umfunktionierend, verwandelnd
     Synonym: converting
  
   see: turn sth. into sth., convert sth. into sth., turned, converted, turns, converts, turned, converted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  umkippend
   see: turn, turned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  sich färbend, sich verfärbend
   see: turn, turned, turn yellow
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  verwandelnd, sich verwandelnd
     Synonym: changing
  
   see: change, turn, changed, turned, changes, turns, changed, turned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  sich wandelnd, im Wandel begriffen seiend
     Synonym: gradually changing
  
   see: gradually change, turn, gradually changed, turned, Hooliganism is being translated into racism at football grounds.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  sich wendend
   see: turn to sb., turned, he/she turns
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  wendend, kehrend
   see: turn sth. in a particular direction, turned, turn against sb., turn everything upside down
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  werdend
   see: turn sth., turned, turn green, turn red with embarrassment, turn traitor, when the weather turns cold and nasty, It was beginning to turn dark outside., The leaves turn in (the) autumn/fall.
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  
  στροφή

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  turning //ˈtɜː.nɪŋ// //ˈtɝ.nɪŋ// 
  1. mutka
  A turn or deviation from a straight course
  2. sorvaaminen, sorvaus
  The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  koji se okreće, krivina, obrtanje, obrtni, okrenuvši, okretanje, okuka, raskrsnica, tokarenje, tokarski rad, zavoj, zavoj na cesti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  1. megfordulás
  2. kanyar
  3. befordulás
  4. esztergályozás
  5. kifordítás
  6. felásás
  7. forgás
  8. forduló
  9. átváltozás
  10. fordítás
  11. fordulás
  12. megfordítás
  13. fordulat
  14. kanyarodás
  15. átalakulás
  16. esztergálás
  17. megmunkálás

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  turning /ˈtɜ:nɪŋ/
  I.    przecznica
  II.  turning point /ˈtɜ:nɪŋpɔɪnt/   punkt zwrotny

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  turning //ˈtɜː.nɪŋ// //ˈtɝ.nɪŋ// 
  svarvning, trycksvarvning
  The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  turning /tˈɜːnɪŋ/
  1. dönüş, dönme
  2. yoldan sapma veya çıkma
  3. dönemeç, dönüş yeri. turning point dönüm noktası.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtɝnɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  211 Moby Thesaurus words for "turning":
     S-curve, 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, 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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 旋转,回转,转向;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 旋转,回转,转向

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