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rotate English

Meaning rotate meaning

What does rotate mean?
Definitions in simple English

rotate Verb

— If you rotate something, you turn it around its centre. She rotated the image 180 degrees so should could see better. — If something rotates, it turns around its centre. The wheels continued to rotate slowly after the bicycle fell down.

rotate

— verb (= revolve) 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 — verb exchange on a regular basis We rotate the lead soprano every night — verb perform a job or duty on a rotating basis Interns have to rotate for a few months — verb cause to turn on an axis or center Rotate the handle — verb plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil — verb (= splay) turn outward These birds can splay out their toes ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees

Synonyms rotate synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as rotate?

rotate English » English

turn revolve spin whirl alternate take turns gyrate roll twirl turn around pivot twist go around circle swivel swing wheel interchange veer turn out substitute spread out splay rewind reel move around cycle circumvolve wind twiddle turn round turn over turn back troll translate transit switch swirl slue slew shift run revolution pirouette loop invert go round go flip circulate

Topics rotate topics

What do people use rotate to talk about?
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move in a circle
Physical actions Posture

Move a part of the body
States Time Relative time Order, sequence

Alternate

Conjugation rotate conjugation

How do you conjugate rotate?

rotate · verb

Examples rotate examples

How do I use rotate in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Uranus is unique in our solar system because it is tilted 98 degrees. When viewed from Earth, it appears to rotate on its side!
Rotate your screen to see other images.

Movie subtitles

Rotate C-pod, please, hai.
Rotate pod, please, hai.
Rotate the pod, please, hai.
Rotate the pod, please, hai!
The gyro mechanisms aboard were influenced by another magnetic field and the capsule slowly started to rotate.
I'm going to rotate for link up, now.
Rotate, mac!
Rotate.
They rotate from left to right, or from right to left, leaving grooves in the bullet.
Now rotate the locking ring counterclockwise.
Well if you want to rotate, then please do.
Now rotate around the corner.
We'll rotate riding on top.
Company, rotate.
I've had it. Anyway, the OP likes to rotate assignments.
Weird sisters rotate working for us.
You always rotate your head.
Now, look, all we have to do is rotate our antennas according to the direction of the volume.
Now, look, put the blood into the centrifuge and rotate it 1500 rpm for one minute.
However, so called game animals, like the eland or impala, these animals are indigenous to Africa. They don't damage the land because they rotate instinctively.
Rotate hips. - She lunges. Zip!
Rotate C-pod, please, Hal.
Rotate pod, please, Hal.
Rotate the pod, please, Hal.
Rotate the pod, please, Hal!
Rotate your hands.
And now, they rotate together.
The blade doesn't rotate because of the splashing but makes an alternating vibrating movement.
Music will rotate them.
IF YOU ROTATE TO THE WEST, YOU GAIN YESTERDAYS, TO THE EAST, YOU ACCUMULATE TOMORROWS.
Man has achieved something similar with a helicopter, whose blades rotate.
The insect can't rotate its wings, but it's evolved a set of movements which are even more complex.
Just rotate it out a little bit.

News and current affairs

Better to radically reduce the size of the Commission, and to either tie countries into regional packages for Commission representation or rotate membership every few years among countries.
A longer-term goal should thus be for the US gradually to transfer its bases to Japanese control, leaving American forces to rotate among them.
President Barack Obama's decision to rotate 2,500 US Marines through a base in northern Australia is an early sign of that pivot.
If they win, they will rotate in the prime minister's post.
Five new non-permanent members - New Zealand, Spain, Angola, Malaysia, and Venezuela - will rotate in for a two-year term, replacing Australia, Luxembourg, Rwanda, South Korea, and Argentina, respectively.

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