Rotate

[rə(ʊ)'teɪt] or ['rotet]

Definition

(verb.) plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; 'We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil'.

(verb.) perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; 'Interns have to rotate for a few months'.

(verb.) cause to turn on an axis or center; 'Rotate the handle'.

(verb.) exchange on a regular basis; 'We rotate the lead soprano every night'.

Typist: Nora--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(v. i.) To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.

(v. i.) To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.

(v. i.) To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.

(v. i.) To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.

Typist: Phil

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Revolve, wheel, whirl, turn, gyrate, circulate, go round, turn round.

Typed by Benjamin

Examples

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