turning

verb

(heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.
(heading) To change condition or attitude.
To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
(usually with over) To complete.
They say they can turn the parts in two days.
To make (money); turn a profit.
We turned a pretty penny with that little scheme.
Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
Ivory turns well.
To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
To translate.
to turn the Iliad
To magically or divinely attack undead.

noun

A turn or deviation from a straight course.
Take the second turning on the left.
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.
The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
The act of turning.
Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
The turnings get into your trouser turnups!

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