Word

rotate, v.
(rotated, rotates, rotating)
freq. cnt. 10

turn on or around an axis or a center
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1

go around revolve rotate

sample sentences

"The Earth revolves around the Sun"
"The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rotation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

revolution

also see

revolve around

semantic pointers

hyponym

screw, drive in screw wheel, wheel around spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate whirl, swirl, twirl, twiddle

hypernym

turn

verb group

rotate, circumvolve

perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

rotate

sample sentences

"Interns have to rotate for a few months"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rotation

semantic pointers

hypernym

serve

verb group

rotate

exchange on a regular basis
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

rotate

sample sentences

"We rotate the lead soprano every night"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rotation

semantic pointers

verb group

rotate rotate

hypernym

alternate

plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
<verb.change>

rotate

sample sentences

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

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rotation

semantic pointers

hypernym

grow

verb group

rotate

turn outward
<verb.motion>

rotate splay spread out turn out

sample sentences

"These birds can splay out their toes"
"ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

turnout

semantic pointers

hypernym

turn

cause to turn on an axis or center
<verb.motion>

circumvolve rotate

sample sentences

"Rotate the handle"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rotatory rotation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

circumvolution

semantic pointers

hyponym

crank, crank up whirl, twirl, birl, spin birl, birle

hypernym

turn

verb group

rotate, revolve, go around

cause

rotate, revolve, go around