vending

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. det å vende (II, 2)changing direction;
   snuing (1)turning round, svinging the act of changing directionvende (II, 2);
   turning roundsnuing (1), swinging
   • gjøre en rask vending mot høyre to make a quick turn to the right
   • finte ut noen med en kjapp vending to wrong-foot someone with a quick turn
2. vende (I)a round trip, runde (I, 2)a round a round tripvende (I), a roundrunde (I, 2)
   • gå flere vendinger etter vann to make several trips to fetch water
   • de tok bagasjen i en vending they took the luggage in one trip
3. endret retning eller utvikling;
   forandringchange · alteration, vendepunkt (3)a turning point a new direction or course of development;
   a changeforandring, a turning pointvendepunkt (3)
   • samtalen tok en overraskende vending the conversation took a surprising turn
   • krigen tok en ny vending the war took a new turn
   • saken fikk en uventet vending the case took an unexpected turn
4. måte å si noe på;
   uttrykkan expression · a term · a phrase a way of saying something;
   an expressionuttrykk
   • kunne mange gamle ord og vendinger to know many old words and phrases
   • bli omtalt i rosende vendinger to be spoken of in glowing terms