rotate | English to English Dictionary

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rotate

('r/oU/t/eI/t )

Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.(adjective)

source: webster1913

turn on or around an axis or a center(verb.motion)

Example:
The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire.

Synonym:
go around, revolve

source: wordnet30
exchange on a regular basis(verb.social)

Example:
We rotate the lead soprano every night.

source: wordnet30
perform a job or duty on a rotating basis(verb.competition)

Example:
Interns have to rotate for a few months.

source: wordnet30
cause to turn on an axis or center(verb.motion)

Example:
Rotate the handle.

Synonym:
circumvolve

source: wordnet30
turn outward(verb.motion)

Example:
Ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees.

Synonym:
splay, spread out, turn out

source: wordnet30
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession(verb.change)

Example:
We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil.

source: wordnet30
To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.(verb)

source: webster1913

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