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| VERB | 1 | rotate, revolve, go around | Turn on or around an axis or a center |
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| 2 | rotate | Exchange on a regular basis | |
| 3 | rotate, circumvolve | Cause to turn on an axis or center | |
| 4 | rotate | Perform a job or duty on a rotating basis | |
| 5 | rotate, turn out, splay, spread out | Turn outward | |
| 6 | rotate | Plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession |
| Sounds | row'tey.t |
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| Rhymes | abate, abbreviate, abdicate, and 537 more rhymes in eyt... |
| Meaning | Turn on or around an axis or a center. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" |
| Synonyms | revolve, go around |
| Similar to | rotate, circumvolve |
| Caused by | rotate, circumvolve |
| Broader | turn |
| Narrower | screw, drive in; screw; wheel, wheel around; spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate; twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl |
| Nouns | rotation |
| Meaning | Exchange on a regular basis. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "We rotate the lead soprano every night" |
| Similar to | rotate; rotate |
| Broader | alternate |
| Nouns | rotation |
| Meaning | Cause to turn on an axis or center. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Rotate the handle" |
| Synonyms | circumvolve |
| Similar to | revolve, go around, rotate |
| Cause to | revolve, go around, rotate |
| Broader | turn |
| Narrower | crank, crank up; whirl, birl, spin, twirl; birl, birle |
| Entailed by | unscrew |
| Adjectives | rotatory |
| Nouns | rotation |
| Meaning | Perform a job or duty on a rotating basis. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "Interns have to rotate for a few months" |
| Similar to | rotate |
| Broader | serve |
| Nouns | rotation |
| Meaning | Turn outward. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" |
| Synonyms | turn out, splay, spread out |
| Broader | turn |
| Meaning | Plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil" |
| Similar to | rotate |
| Broader | grow |
| Nouns | rotation |
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