rotate
verb
1 rotate
Turn on or around an axis or a center:
— The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire.
synonyms: go around, revolve.
Roget 312:
rotate;
roll along;
revolve,
spin;
turn round;
circumvolve†;
circulate;
gyre,
gyrate,
wheel,
whirl,
pirouette;
twirl,
trundle,
troll,
bowl.
roll up,
furl;
wallow,
welter;
box the compass;
spin like a top,
spin like a teetotum†.
[of an automobile]
spin out.
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2 rotate
Exchange on a regular basis.
3 rotate
Perform a job or duty on a rotating basis.
4 rotate
Cause to turn on an axis or center:
— Rotate the handle.
synonym: circumvolve.
5 rotate
6 rotate
Plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession.
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