| a. | 1. | Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; |
| v. i. | 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; | |
| 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. |
| Verb | 1. | 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. | rotate - exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night" | |
| 3. | rotate - cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle" Synonyms: circumvolve | |
| 4. | rotate - perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months" | |
| 5. | rotate - turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" | |
| 6. | 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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