turning

SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen

Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈtɜː.nɪŋ//
Vereinigte Staaten//ˈtɝ.nɪŋ//
//ˈtɔːn.ɪn//

A turn or deviation from a straight course.

Substantiv

1
A turn or deviation from a straight course.
Take the second turning on the left.
Except for turnings with a deflated rear tire as an outerside tire, difference in the performance is small between fixed control and manual control.
2
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
The cutting of wood or metal on a lathe to shape it as needed.
4
The act of one who turns (rotates or twists).
Still talking—more to herself than to the children—she swam into a majestical dance of the stateliest balancings, the haughtiest wheelings and turnings aside, the most dignified sinkings, the gravest risings, all joined together by the elaboratest interlacing steps and circles.
A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
5
One of the four eras, each lasting for about 21 years, that make up a saeculum according to the Strauss-Howe generational theory.
Howe and Strauss predicted that in the Fourth Turning, Millennials would unite behind their president.
6
Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
The turnings get into your trouser turnups!

Herkunft

From Middle English turnyng, turnynge, from Old English tyrning, turnung, equivalent to turn + -ing.

Verb

1
Auch eine Form von turnpresent participle and gerund of turn
The Earth is turning about its axis as we speak.
He made wooden soldiers by turning them on a hand lathe.

Herkunft

From Middle English turninge, turnynge, turninde, turnand, turnende, from Old English tyrnende, turniende, present participle of Old English tyrnan, turnian (“to turn”). Equivalent to turn + -ing.

Formen

Plural: turnings

turned · In the pattern "X turned Y", indicates that someone has…turner · One who or that which turns.Turner · An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.

turning · A turn or deviation from a straight course.

turnout · The act of coming forth.turtle · Any land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order…Turtle · A river in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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