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1. (v.i.) rotate
to turn around on or as if on an axis; revolve.
2. rotate
to proceed in a fixed routine of succession.
3. (v.t.) rotate
to cause to turn around an axis or center point.
4. rotate
to cause to go through a cycle of changes or follow in a fixed routine of succession:
to rotate crops.
5. rotate
to replace (a person, troops, etc.) by another or others, usu. according to a schedule.
6. (adj.) rotate
wheel-shaped: applied esp. to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla.
Etymology: (1775–85; < L rot(a) wheel + -ate1)
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1. (verb) revolve, go around, rotate
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"
2. (verb) rotate
exchange on a regular basis
"We rotate the lead soprano every night"
3. (verb) rotate
perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
"Interns have to rotate for a few months"
4. (verb) rotate, circumvolve
cause to turn on an axis or center
"Rotate the handle"
5. (verb) turn out, splay, spread out, rotate
turn outward
"These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
6. (verb) rotate
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
"We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"
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1. (verb) rotate
to turn or make turn in a circle
Rotate the wheel to the right.; The helicopter's blades began to rotate.
2. rotate
to organize a job or activity so that every person in a group has a turn
Nobody wants to do it, so we'll rotate.; to rotate people through the schedule
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1. (adj) rotate
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. (verb) rotate
to turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve
3. (verb) rotate
to perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office
4. (verb) rotate
to cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle
5. (verb) rotate
to cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office
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Sense: to turn like a wheel
He rotated the handle; The earth rotates.
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 Afrikaans: draai |
 Arabic: يَدورُ على مِحْوَر |
 Bulgarian: въртя (се) |
 Brazilian: rodar |
 Czech: točit (se), roztočit (se) |
 German: (sich)drehen |
 Danish: dreje rundt |
 Greek: περιστρέφω, περιστρέφομαι |
 Spanish: rotar, girar; hacer girar |
 Estonian: pöörama, pöörlema |
 Farsi: چرخیدن |
 Finnish: pyöriä |
 French: (faire) tourner |
 Hebrew: לְסוֹבֵב |
 Hindi: घूमना |
 Croatian: okretati (se), rotirati |
 Hungarian: (körben) forog |
 Indonesian: memutar |
 Icelandic: snúa(st) |
 Italian: ruotare, far ruotare |
 Japanese: 回転する |
 Korean: 회전하다 |
 Lithuanian: sukti(s) |
 Latvian: griezt (apkārt); grieztie |
 Malay: memusingkan |
 Dutch: ronddraaien |
 Norwegian: rotere, gå rundt, dreie s |
 Polish: obracać (się) |
 Persian: چرخیدن |
 Pashto: څرخیدل |
 Portuguese: rodar |
 Romanian: a (se)învârti |
 Russian: вращать(ся) |
 Slovak: točiť (sa), roztočiť (sa) |
 Slovenian: vrteti (se) |
 Serbian: rotirati |
 Swedish: rotera, snurra |
 Thai: หมุน |
 Turkish: dönmek |
 Taiwanese: 旋轉 |
 Ukrainian: обертати(ся) |
 Urdu: گھومنا |
 Vietnamese: quay tròn |
 Chinese: 旋转... |
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