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Meaning of 'rotate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rotate [ a.]
- 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.
2 . Rotate [ v. i.]
- To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
- To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
- To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
- To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.

Meaning of 'rotate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rotate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- turn outward
Example in sentence:
  • ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees;
  • These birds can splay out their toes
Meaning (2):
- perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
Example in sentence:
  • Interns have to rotate for a few months
Meaning (3):
- cause to turn on an axis or center
Example in sentence:
  • Rotate the handle
Meaning (4):
- turn on or around an axis or a center
Example in sentence:
  • The Earth revolves around the Sun;
  • The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire
Meaning (5):
- plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
Example in sentence:
  • We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil
Meaning (6):
- exchange on a regular basis
Example in sentence:
  • We rotate the lead soprano every night

Nearby Words:

rot rota rotacism rotal rotalite rotary rotascope rotated rotating rotation

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