"rotate" in the verb sense

1. revolve, go around, 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

perform a job or duty on a rotating basis

"Interns have to rotate for a few months"

4. rotate, circumvolve

cause to turn on an axis or center

"Rotate the handle"

5. turn out, splay, spread out, 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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