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Verb
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revolve (revolve%2:38:00::)
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go around (go_around%2:38:01::)
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rotate (rotate%2:38:01::)
(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"
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rotate (rotate%2:41:00::)
(exchange on a regular basis)
"We rotate the lead soprano every night"
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rotate (rotate%2:33:00::)
(perform a job or duty on a rotating basis)
"Interns have to rotate for a few months"
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rotate (rotate%2:38:00::)
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circumvolve (circumvolve%2:38:00::)
(cause to turn on an axis or center)
"Rotate the handle"
S:
(v)
turn out (turn_out%2:38:00::)
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splay (splay%2:38:00::)
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spread out (spread_out%2:38:03::)
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rotate (rotate%2:38:07::)
(turn outward)
"These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
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rotate (rotate%2:30:04::)
(plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession)
"We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"