Rotate

/ɹəʊˈteɪt/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.
2. (intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
3. (intransitive, of aircraft) To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
4. (transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.
5. (transitive) To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
6. (transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
7. (transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
8. Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

Example Sentences

He rotated in his chair to face me.

The earth rotates.

The nurses' shifts rotate each week.

The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.

Rotate the dial to the left.

I've always admired the Japanese point of view that holds it best not to have a great number of objects around at one time but to rotate possessions — and display them with great simplicity.

The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.

a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla

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