English to English
adjective
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- exchange on a regular basis
We rotate the lead soprano every night.
source: WordNet 3.0
- perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
Interns have to rotate for a few months.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause to turn on an axis or center
Rotate the handle.
source: WordNet 3.0
- turn outward
These birds can splay out their toes.
Ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees.
source: WordNet 3.0
- plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
source: Webster 1913
- To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
source: Webster 1913
