different between turning vs serpentine

English

Etymology

turn +? -ing

Pronunciation

• enPR: tûr?-n?ng, IPA^(key): /?t??.n??/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [?t??.n??]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?t?.n??]
• Rhymes: -??(r)n??
• Hyphenation: turn?ing
• Rhymes: -??(?)n??

Noun

turning (plural turnings)

1. (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.

   Take the second turning on the left.

2. (field hockey) 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.
4. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
5. The act of turning.
6. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.

   The turnings get into your trouser turnups!

Synonyms

• (shavings): swarf

Derived terms

• turning point

Translations

Verb

turning

1. present participle of turn

   The Earth is turning about its axis as we speak.

   He made wooden soldiers by turning them on a hand lathe.

Anagrams

• Ringnut, runting

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French serpentin, from Latin serpent?nus, from serp?ns (“serpent”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??p?nta?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s??p?nta?n/
• Rhymes: -??(r)p?nta?n

Adjective

serpentine (comparative more serpentine, superlative most serpentine)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
2. Of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.

3. Having the form or shape of a snake.

   Synonym: ophidian

4. Curving in alternate directions; sinuous.

   Synonyms: sinuous, tortuous, winding

Translations

Noun

serpentine (plural serpentines)

1. Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
2. (historical) An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.
3. A kind of firework.
4. A coiled distillation tube.
5. (mathematics) Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea

Translations

Verb

serpentine (third-person singular simple present serpentines, present participle serpentining, simple past and past participle serpentined)

1. (archaic) To serpentize; to turn or bend; to meander.
   • 1813, George Nicholson, The Cambrian Traveller's Guidey

     There were two little lakes, or rather large pools which stood in the bottom, whence issued a rivulet which serpentined in view for two or three miles, offering a pleasing relief to the eye.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French serpentine, from resemblance to a serpent's skin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??p?nta?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s??p?ntin/, /?s??p?nta?n/
• Rhymes: -??(r)p?nta?n

Noun

serpentine (countable and uncountable, plural serpentines)

1. (mineralogy) Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of a magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure.
2. (geology) An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.

Hyponyms

• (mineral): antigorite, chrysotile, lizardite

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Serpentine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “serpentine”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• terpinenes

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

serpentine

1. feminine singular of serpentin

Italian

Adjective

serpentine

1. feminine plural of serpentino

Noun

serpentine f pl

1. plural of serpentina

Latin

Adjective

serpent?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of serpent?nus