Dictionary Entry
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
- 1present participle
of Turn
- 2noun
The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.
- 3noun
The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
- 4noun
Deviation from the way or proper course.
- 5noun
Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
- 6noun
The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
- 7noun
A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.
- 8noun
act of changing in practice or custom
"the law took many turnings over the years"
- 9noun
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
"he took a turn to the right"
Synonyms
- 10noun
the activity of shaping something on a lathe
- 11noun
the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe
- 12noun
a movement in a new direction
"the turning of the wind"
Synonyms
- 13noun
a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe
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