Definition of rotate Rotate
/ɹowˈtejˌt/ - [rowteyt] - ro•tate
We found 20 definitions of rotate from 5 different sources.
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What does rotate mean?
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| rotate - cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle" | ||
| circumvolve | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| crank up, crank bend into the shape of a crank | ||
| birl, twirl, whirl, spin cause a floating log to rotate by treading | ||
| birle, birl cause a floating log to rotate by treading | ||
| rotate - exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night" | ||
| alternate do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift" | ||
| rotate - plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil" | ||
| grow come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" | ||
| rotate - perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months" | ||
| serve put the ball into play; "It was Agassi's turn to serve" | ||
| 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" | ||
| revolve, go around | ||
| 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" | ||
| rotate - turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" | ||
| turn out, splay, spread out | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- rotate (Verb)
To spin, turn, or revolve. - rotate (Verb)
To advance through a sequence; to take turns . - rotate (Verb)
To lift the nose, just prior to takeoff. - rotate (Verb)
To spin, turn, or revolve something. - rotate (Verb)
To advance something through a sequence. - rotate (Verb)
To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first. - rotate (Verb)
To grow or plant in a certain order.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- rotate (a.)
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one. - rotate (v. i.)
To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve. - rotate (v. i.)
To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office. - rotate (v. i.)
To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle. - rotate (v. i.)
To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.
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rotate
To position by moving an object around its axis.
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🔤- rotate, verb, present, 1st person singular of rotate (infinitive).
- rotate, verb (infinitive).
- rotate, adjective.
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