revolve
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
turn on or around an axis or a center
The Earth revolves around the Sun
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- center also see
- rotation derivation
- gyration derivation
- circumvolve verb group
Sense 2 verb
move in an orbit
The moon orbits around the Earth
Types & categories
- circle hypernym
- retrograde hyponym
Related & opposite
- satellite derivation
- gyration derivation
- orbit derivation
- electron orbit derivation
Sense 3 verb
cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
She rolled the ball
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | center |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rotation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gyration |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | circumvolve |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | turn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | screw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | screw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wheel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | twiddle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | satellite |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gyration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | orbit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | electron orbit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | circle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retrograde |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | roll |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | roll |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | transit |