| VERB | motion | rotate, revolve, go around | turn on or around an axis or a center |
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| social | rotate | exchange on a regular basis | |
| competition | rotate | perform a job or duty on a rotating basis | |
| motion | rotate, circumvolve | cause to turn on an axis or center | |
| motion | rotate, turn out, splay, spread out | turn outward | |
| change | rotate | plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession |
| Sounds | row'tey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | turn on or around an axis or a center. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" | |
| Synonyms | revolve, go around | |
| Caused by | rotate, circumvolve | Cause to turn on an axis or center |
| Narrower | screw, drive in | Cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion |
| screw | Turn like a screw | |
| spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | |
| twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl | Turn in a twisting or spinning motion | |
| wheel, wheel around | change directions as if revolving on a pivot | |
| Broader | turn | Move around an axis or a center |
| Similar to | rotate, circumvolve | Cause to turn on an axis or center |
| Catalan | girar, regirar, rodar, voltar | |
| Spanish | revolver, rodar | |
| Nouns | rotation | the act of rotating as if on an axis |
| Meaning | Exchange on a regular basis. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "We rotate the lead soprano every night" | |
| Broader | alternate | Exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions |
| Similar to | rotate | plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession |
| rotate | Perform a job or duty on a rotating basis | |
| Catalan | alternar, canviar | |
| Spanish | alternar | |
| Nouns | rotation | a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.) |
| Meaning | Perform a job or duty on a rotating basis. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Interns have to rotate for a few months" | |
| Broader | serve | Do duty or hold offices |
| Similar to | rotate | Exchange on a regular basis |
| Nouns | rotation | a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.) |
| Meaning | Cause to turn on an axis or center. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Rotate the handle" | |
| Synonym | circumvolve | |
| Cause to | revolve, go around, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center |
| Entailed by | unscrew | loosen something by unscrewing it |
| Narrower | birl, birle | Cause a floating log to rotate by treading |
| crank, crank up | Rotate with a crank | |
| whirl, birl, spin, twirl | Cause to spin | |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Similar to | revolve, go around, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center |
| Catalan | girar, rodar, voltar | |
| Adjectives | rotatory | of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn |
| Nouns | rotation | the act of rotating as if on an axis |
| Meaning | Turn outward. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" | |
| Synonyms | turn out, splay, spread out | |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Meaning | plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil" | |
| Broader | grow | Cause to grow or develop |
| Similar to | rotate | Exchange on a regular basis |
| Nouns | rotation | a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.) |