About The Word Revolve

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Revolve

Revolve Meaning & Definition
Revolve Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Revolve?

[v] to rotate or cause to rotate; "The child rolled down the hill"; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"; "turn over to your left side"; "Ballet dancers can rotate their legs outward"
[v] move in an orbit, as of celestial bodies; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"
[v] turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Revolve: go around | orbit | roll | rotate | turn over

Related Terms | Find terms related to Revolve:

See Also | avalanche | center | center on | circle | circulate | concentrate on | drive in | focus on | gyrate | reel | retrograde | revolve about | revolve around | roll down | roll over | screw | spin | spin around | swirl | transit | turn | twiddle | twirl | wheel | wheel around | whirl

Revolve In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*volve"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revolved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revolving}.] [L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re- + volvere to roll, turn round. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Revolt}, {revolution}.] 1. To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense. If the earth revolve thus, each house near the equator must move a thousand miles an hour. --I. Watts. 2. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun. 3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve. 4. To return; to pass. [R.] --Ayliffe.
\Re*volve"\, v. t. 1. To cause to turn, as on an axis. Then in the east her turn she shines, Revolved on heaven's great axile. --Milton. 2. Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. This having heard, straight I again revolved The law and prophets. --Milton.

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