About The Word Rotate
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Rotate
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What's The Definition Of Rotate?
[v] plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"
[v] perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months" [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" [v] cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle" [v] exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night" Synonyms | Synonyms for Rotate: go around | revolve Related Terms | Find terms related to Rotate: See Also | alternate | birl | birle | center | center on | concentrate on | crank | crank up | drive in | focus on | grow | gyrate | reel | revolve about | revolve around | screw | serve | spin | spin around | swirl | turn | twiddle | twirl | wheel | wheel around | whirl Rotate In Webster's Dictionary \Ro"tate\, a. [L. rotatus, p. p. of rotare to turn round
like a wheel, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Roue}.]
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.
\Ro"tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rotated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rotating}.] 1. To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve. 2. To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office. \Ro"tate\, v. i. 1. To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle. 2. To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office. [Colloq.] ``Both, after a brief service, were rotated out of office.'' --Harper's Mag. |
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