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revolve

verb

1 revolve

Turn on or around an axis or a center:
— The Earth revolves around the Sun.

synonyms: go around, rotate.

Roget 312: rotate; roll along; revolve, spin; turn round; circumvolve; circulate; gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette; twirl, trundle, ... show more

Roget 138: recur in regular order, recur in regular succession; return, revolve; come again, come in its turn; come round, come round again; beat, pulsate; alternate; intermit.   

2 revolve

Move in an orbit.

synonyms: orb, orbit.

3 revolve

Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis.

synonym: roll.

Dutch: rollen, oprollen, pletwalsen


Moby thesaurus: alternate, be here again, brood over, chaw, chew over, circle, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circulation, circumambulate, circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumrotate, circumvent, circumvolute, circumvolution, close the circle, come again, come and go ... show more.

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