turning

(heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.

(heading) To change condition or attitude.

To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.

(usually with over) To complete.

“They say they can turn the parts in two days.”

To make (money); turn a profit.

“We turned a pretty penny with that little scheme.”

Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.

“Ivory turns well.”

To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

To translate.

“to turn the Iliad”

To magically or divinely attack undead.

A turn or deviation from a straight course.

“Take the second turning on the left.”

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.

“The turnings get into your trouser turnups!”