Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "turning" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

; boring broaching drilling grinding milling planing shaping

Derived Terms

by-turning engine turning it's a long road that has no turning table-turning turning approver turning away turning center turning circle turning evil turning gear turning joint turning number turning point turning post turning rest turning steel turning tool turning-away turning-beam

Derived From

turn

Inflected/Variant Forms

turn

Context

british field hockey

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

change change of course end product formation machining motion movement output paring shaping shaving sliver

Type Of (IsA)

becoming change end product formation movement paring rotation non periodic

Related Terms

course deviation lathe metal shaping shavings straight turn wood

Synonym Network

swarf turn

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.