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1. Turn on or around an axis or a centre
   "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
   - revolve, go around
    
2. Exchange on a regular basis
   "We rotate the lead soprano every night"
    
3. Perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
   "Interns have to rotate for a few months"
    
4. Cause to turn on an axis or centre
   "Rotate the handle"
   - circumvolve
    
5. Turn outward
   "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
   - turn out, splay, spread out
    
6. Plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
   "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"

Derived forms: rotated, rotates, rotating

See also: rotation, rotatory

Type of: alternate, grow, serve, turn

Encyclopedia: Rotate