rotating

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    v.

  • turn on or around an axis or a center; revolve, go around

    The Earth revolves around the Sun

    The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire

  • exchange on a regular basis

    We rotate the lead soprano every night

  • cause to turn on an axis or center; circumvolve

    Rotate the handle

  • perform a job or duty on a rotating basis

    Interns have to rotate for a few months

  • turn outward; turn out, splay, spread out

    These birds can splay out their toes

    ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees

  • plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession

    We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

rotates|rotated|rotating
syn.: gyrate pivot spin swivel turn