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English verb: revolve | |||
| 1. | revolve (motion) turn on or around an axis or a center | ||
| Samples | The Earth revolves around the Sun. The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire. | ||
| Synonyms | go around, rotate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drive in, gyrate, reel, screw, screw, spin, spin around, swirl, twiddle, twirl, wheel, wheel around, whirl, whirl | ||
| Verb group | circumvolve, rotate | ||
| 2. | revolve (motion) move in an orbit | ||
| Samples | The moon orbits around the Earth. The planets are orbiting the sun. Electrons orbit the nucleus. | ||
| Synonyms | orb, orbit | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | circle, circulate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | retrograde | ||
| 3. | revolve (motion) cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis | ||
| Samples | She rolled the ball. They rolled their eyes at his words. | ||
| Synonyms | roll | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | transit | ||
| Verb group | roll, turn over | ||
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