ROTATE

rotate

(verb) plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; “We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil”

rotate

(verb) perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; “Interns have to rotate for a few months”

revolve, go around, rotate

(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”

rotate, circumvolve

(verb) cause to turn on an axis or center; “Rotate the handle”

rotate

(verb) exchange on a regular basis; “We rotate the lead soprano every night”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

rotate (third-person singular simple present rotates, present participle rotating, simple past and past participle rotated)

(intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.

(intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.

(intransitive, of aircraft) To lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.

(transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.

(transitive) To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.

(transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.

(transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.

Synonyms

• (to turn) revolve

• (to make turn) circumvolve

Adjective

rotate (not comparable)

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

Anagrams

• terato-, totear

Source: Wiktionary

Ro"tate, a. Etym: [L. rotatus, p.p. of rotare to turn round like a wheel, fr. rota wheel. See Rotary, and cf. Roue.]

Definition: 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.

Ro"tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rotated; p. pr. & vb. n. Rotating.]

1. To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.

2. To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.

Ro"tate, v. i.

1. To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.

2. To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office. [Colloq.] "Both, after a brief service, were rotated out of office." Harper's Mag.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition