Synonyms of the word turning


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turning

  • n. (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
  • n. (field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their…
  • n. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
  • n. The act of turning.
  • n. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
  • v. present participle of turn.

change

  • v. (intransitive) To become something different.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
  • v. (transitive) To replace.
  • v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
  • v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
  • v. (archaic) To exchange.
  • v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
  • n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
  • n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
  • n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
  • n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
  • n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
  • n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
  • n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
  • n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  • n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
  • n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

formation

  • n. Something possessing structure or form.
  • n. The act of assembling a group or structure.
  • n. (geology) A rock or face of a mountain.
  • n. (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division,…
  • n. (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon…
  • n. (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
  • n. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
  • n. The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.

motion

  • n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
  • n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
  • n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
  • n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
  • n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
  • n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
  • n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
  • n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
  • n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
  • n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
  • n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
  • v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
  • v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
  • v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

movement

  • n. Physical motion between points in space.
  • n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
  • n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
  • n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
  • n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
  • n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
  • n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
  • n. An act of emptying the bowels.
  • n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

output

  • n. (economics) Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.
  • n. (computing) Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer.
  • n. (medicine) The flow rate of body liquids such as blood and urine.
  • v. (economics) To produce, create, or complete.
  • v. (computing) To send data out of a computer, as to an output device such as a monitor or printer.

paring

  • v. present participle of pare.
  • n. A fragment or shaving that has been pared.

shaping

  • n. The action of the verb to shape.
  • n. (psychology) A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in operant conditioning.
  • v. present participle of shape.

shaving

  • n. (countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
  • n. (uncountable) The action of having a shave.
  • v. present participle of shave.

sliver

  • n. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
  • n. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding…
  • n. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
  • n. (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
  • v. (transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise;…

turn

  • v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
  • v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
  • v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
  • v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
  • v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
  • v. (archaic) To translate.
  • n. A change of direction or orientation.
  • n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
  • n. A single loop of a coil.
  • n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
  • n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
  • n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
  • n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
  • n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
  • n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
  • n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
  • n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
  • n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. A deed done to another.
  • n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
  • n. Character; personality; nature.
  • n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

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