Word

revolve, v.
(revolved, revolves, revolving)
freq. cnt. 2

move in an orbit
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

orb orbit revolve

sample sentences

"The moon orbits around the Earth"
"The planets are orbiting the sun"
"electrons orbit the nucleus"

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

orbiter orbit orbit

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

revolution

semantic pointers

hyponym

retrograde

hypernym

circle

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

cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
<verb.motion>

revolve roll

sample sentences

"She rolled the ball"
"They rolled their eyes at his words"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

roll

semantic pointers

hypernym

move, displace

verb group

roll, turn over

hyponym

transit