Turning meaning : (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. To make (money); turn a profit. 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. 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 magically or divinely attack undead. 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.