rotate

adjective

1. Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

- a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla

verb

1. turn on or around an axis or a center

- The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire

Similar word(s): revolve

Definition categories: motion, turn

2. exchange on a regular basis

- We rotate the lead soprano every night

Definition categories: social, alternate

3. perform a job or duty on a rotating basis

- Interns have to rotate for a few months

Definition categories: competition, serve

4. cause to turn on an axis or center

- Rotate the handle

Similar word(s): circumvolve

Definition categories: motion, turn

5. turn outward

- ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees

Similar word(s): splay

Definition categories: motion, turn

6. plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession

- We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil

Definition categories: change, grow