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1. rotate - verb

· 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"

Synonym(s): revolve, go_around

Hypernym(s): turn




2. rotate - verb

· exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"

Hypernym(s): alternate




3. rotate - verb

· perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"

Hypernym(s): serve




4. rotate - verb

· cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"

Synonym(s): circumvolve

Hypernym(s): turn




5. rotate - verb

· turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

Synonym(s): turn_out, splay, spread_out

Hypernym(s): turn




6. rotate - verb

· plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"

Hypernym(s): grow





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