n. | 1. | A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns. | |||||||||
2. | The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; | ||||||||||
3. | Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; | ||||||||||
4. | (Mil.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; - called also
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v. t. | 1. | To place on a pivot. |
Noun | 1. | pivot - the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver Synonyms: pivot man |
2. | pivot - axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns Synonyms: pin | |
3. | pivot - the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot" | |
Verb | 1. | pivot - turn on a pivot Synonyms: swivel |