1. 转弯处;拐弯处;岔路口
If you take a particular turning, you go along a road which leads away from the side of another road.

1. act of changing in practice or custom

e.g. the law took many turnings over the years

2. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

e.g. he took a turn to the right

Synonym: turn

3. the activity of shaping something on a lathe

4. the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe

5. a movement in a new direction

e.g. the turning of the wind

Synonym: turn

6. a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe