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English verb: rotate | |||
| 1. | rotate (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, revolve | ||
| 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. | rotate (social) exchange on a regular basis | ||
| Samples | We rotate the lead soprano every night. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alternate | ||
| Verb group | rotate, rotate | ||
| 3. | rotate (competition) perform a job or duty on a rotating basis | ||
| Samples | Interns have to rotate for a few months. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | serve | ||
| Verb group | rotate | ||
| 4. | rotate (motion) cause to turn on an axis or center | ||
| Samples | Rotate the handle. | ||
| Synonyms | circumvolve | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | birl, birl, birle, crank, crank up, spin, twirl, whirl | ||
| Cause | go around, revolve, rotate | ||
| Verb group | go around, revolve, rotate | ||
| 5. | rotate (motion) turn outward | ||
| Samples | These birds can splay out their toes. Ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees. | ||
| Synonyms | splay, spread out, turn out | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | turn | ||
| 6. | rotate (change) plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession | ||
| Samples | We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grow | ||
| Verb group | rotate | ||
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