Turning is a machining process in which a cutting tool is held nearly stationary to cut a rotating workpiece. The cutting tool can be slowly moved back-and-forth and in-and-out to cut cylindrical …

The meaning of TURNING is the act or course of one that turns.

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another word for turning the right or opportunity to do something in an agreed order or succession: we'll take turns to play, now it's George's turn, you must not play out of turn

1. the act of one that turns. 2. an act of reversing position. 3. the place or point at which anything bends or changes direction. 4. the forming of objects on a lathe. 5. an object, as a spindle, turned on a …

If you take a particular turning, you go along a road which leads away from the side of another road. Take the next turning on the right.

Jan 20, 2026 · Noun turning (plural turnings) (UK, Ireland) A turn or deviation from a straight course.

There are 22 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun turning, seven of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Turning definition: A deviation from a straight course; a turn.

• Some vague sound had alarmed her - a creak, a footstep, maybe even a door handle turning. • As we closed the hatch after us we heard a key turning in the lock of the door to the flat.