turning

Meanings

Noun

• A turn or deviation from a straight course.
• 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.
• The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
• The act of turning.
• Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.

Verb

• Present participle of turn

Related

Similar words

• swarf

Origin

• turn + -ing