Meaning of ROTATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'rowteyt
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- [v] plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"
- [v] perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"
- [v] 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"
- [v] cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
- [v] exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"
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| | Synonyms: | | go around, revolve |
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| | See Also: | | alternate, birl, birle, center, center on, concentrate on, crank, crank up, drive in, focus on, grow, gyrate, reel, revolve about, revolve around, screw, serve, spin, spin around, swirl, turn, twiddle, twirl, wheel, wheel around, whirl | |
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\Ro"tate\, a. [L. rotatus, p. p. of rotare to turn round
like a wheel, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Roue}.]
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.
\Ro"tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rotated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rotating}.]
1. To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
2. To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to
hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
\Ro"tate\, v. i.
1. To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an
axle.
2. To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed
some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.
[Colloq.] ``Both, after a brief service, were rotated out
of office.'' --Harper's Mag.
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| | Definition: | | - Verb: To turn.
- Adjective: Circular and flattened, e.g. of a corolla with a very short tube and spreading lobes.
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