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We think the answer is "TURNING" which means:

noun
• • The act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
• • Act of changing in practice or custom
• • A shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe
• • A movement in a new direction
• • The end-product created by shaping something on a lathe
• • The activity of shaping something on a lathe
verb
• • (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.

An example sentence would be:

• • "He made a turning motion with his hands."
• • "The turning leaves signaled the arrival of autumn."

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