" turning "

[Noun]  | "turn*ing" | \ ˈtər-niŋ \

1: the act or course of one that turns

2: a place of a change in direction

3: a forming by use of a lathe; broadly : turnery

Origin: 14th century ;

[Noun]  | "turning point" 

1: a point at which a significant change occurs

Origin: 1641 ;

[Noun]  | "wood turning" 

1: the art or process of fashioning wooden pieces or blocks into various forms and shapes by means of a lathe

Origin: 1849 ;

[Noun]  | "trick" | \ ˈtrik \

1: a crafty procedure or practice meant to deceive or defraud

2: a mischievous act : prank

3: a deceptive, dexterous, or ingenious feat; especially : one designed to puzzle or amuse

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English trikke, from Anglo-French *trik, from trikier to deceive, cheat, from Vulgar Latin *triccare, alteration of Latin tricari to behave evasively, shuffle, from tricae complications, trifles;

[Verb]  | "turn" | \ ˈtərn \

1: to cause to move around an axis or a center : make rotate or revolve

2: to cause to move around so as to effect a desired end (as of locking, opening, or shutting)

3: to affect or alter the functioning of (something, such as a mechanical device) or the level of (something, such as sound) by such movement

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English turnen, tornen, in part going back to Old English tyrnan, turnian "to move round on an axis, come round cyclically, cause to move about an axis, shift position," borrowed from early Medieval Latin tornāre, going back to Latin, "to make round by turning on a lathe," derivative of tornus "lathe," borrowed from Greek tórnos "peg and string used to trace circles, central point, lathe"; in part borrowed from Anglo-French turner, torner, tourner (also continental Old French), going back to early Medieval Latin tornāre; Greek tórnos going back to Indo-European *torh1-n-o, derivative of the verbal base *terh1- "rub, bore" {mat|trite|};

  * Note : The Latin etymon was loaned into Old English as both a Class 1 and Class 2 weak verb; for details of forms see: the Oxford English Dictionary, third edition. In the sequence *torh1-n-o- the loss of the laryngeal is apparently regular in the environment -VRHnV-.;

[Verb]  | "turn around" 

1: to become changed for the better

2: to act in an abrupt, different, or surprising manner —used with and

3: to change for the better

Origin: 1888 ;

[Verb]  | "turn away" 

1: to refuse admittance or acceptance to

2: to send away : reject, dismiss

3: repel

Origin: 13th century ;

[Verb]  | "turn back" 

1: to go in the reverse direction

2: to stop going forward

3: to refer to an earlier time or place

Origin: 15th century ;

[Verb]  | "turn down" 

1: to reduce the height or intensity of by turning a control

2: to fold or double down

3: to decline to accept : reject

Origin: 1533 ;

[Verb]  | "turn in" 

1: to make an entrance by turning from a road or path

2: to go to bed

3: to deliver up : hand over

Origin: 1535 ;

[Adjective]  | "turning" 

[Verb]  | "turning" 

[Verb]  | "turn" 

[Verb]  | "turn (on)" 

[Verb]  | "turn (to)" 

[Verb]  | "turning around" 

[Verb]  | "turning away" 

[Verb]  | "turning back" 

[Noun]  | "turning point" 

[Noun]  | "turning points"