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turn, turning
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
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tack, tacking
(nautical) the act of changing tack
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deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
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right
a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
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left
a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east
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kick turn
a standing turn made in skiing; one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first
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stem, stem turn
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
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telemark
a turn made in skiing; the outside ski is placed ahead and turned gradually inwards
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swerve, swerving, veering
the act of turning aside suddenly
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three-point turn
the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs
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version
manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)
