поворо́т — meaning in English

English meaning

• break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
• crank noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
• curve noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
• rotation noun The action or process of turning around a centre or axis.
• turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.
• veer verb To change direction suddenly, especially while moving.

Senses

поворо́т is used for these senses in English:

• break A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
• crank A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
• curve A gentle bend, such as in a road.
• rotation (mathematics, geometry) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
• turn A change of direction or orientation.
• veer A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.

break — full definition

1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

crank — full definition

1. noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
2. noun A person seen as eccentric, obsessive, or holding strange fringe beliefs.
3. adjective Grouchy or irritable (informal, chiefly used as "cranky").
4. verb To turn using a crank, or to start a machine by turning one.

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