turning

turning is a 7-letter English word with 13 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Turn. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 12 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Turn
2. noun. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.
3. noun. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
4. noun. Deviation from the way or proper course.
5. noun. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
6. noun. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
7. noun. A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.
8. noun. act of changing in practice or custom

   "the law took many turnings over the years"

9. noun. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

   "he took a turn to the right"

   Synonyms: turn

10. noun. the activity of shaping something on a lathe
11. noun. the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe
12. noun. a movement in a new direction

    "the turning of the wind"

    Synonyms: turn

13. noun. a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe

Synonyms

turn

Common word forms

turn, turnings, turningness

Words from these letters

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