Definition of revolve Revolve
/ɹivɑˈlv/ - [reevalv] - re•volve
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| revolve - 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" | ||
| go around, rotate | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, center on, revolve around, center center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" | ||
| drive in, screw cause a run or runner to be scored; "His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run" | ||
| screw tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions; "Screw the bottle cap on" | ||
| circumvolve, rotate plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil" | ||
| wheel around, wheel move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" | ||
| spin around, gyrate, reel, whirl, spin to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" | ||
| swirl, twiddle, twirl, whirl manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner; "He twiddled his thumbs while waiting for the interview" | ||
| revolve - move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" | ||
| orb, orbit | ||
| circle, circulate travel around something; "circle the globe" | ||
| retrograde go back over; "retrograde arguments" | ||
| revolve - cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" | ||
| roll | ||
| turn over, roll do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year" | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| transit cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- revolve (v. i.)
To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense. - revolve (v. i.)
To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun. - revolve (v. i.)
To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve. - revolve (v. i.)
To return; to pass. - revolve (v. t.)
To cause to turn, as on an axis. - revolve (v. t.)
Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.
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revolve
To move in the scope of something or someone. -
revolve
To move in an orbit.
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🔤- revolve, verb, present, 1st person singular of revolve (infinitive).
- revolve, verb (infinitive).
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