rotate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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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
exchange on a regular basis
We rotate the lead soprano every night
Types & categories
- alternate hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
Interns have to rotate for a few months
Types & categories
- serve hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
cause to turn on an axis or center
Rotate the handle
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- rotate causes
- rotation derivation
- circumvolution derivation
- rotatory derivation
- rotate verb group
Sense 5 verb
turn outward
These birds can splay out their toes
Types & categories
- turn hypernym
Related & opposite
- turnout derivation
Sense 6 verb
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil
Types & categories
- grow hypernym
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 | rotation |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | rotate |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | rotate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | alternate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rotation |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | rotate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | serve |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | rotate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rotation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | circumvolution |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rotatory |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | rotate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | turn |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | crank up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | twirl |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | birl |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | turnout |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | turn |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | rotation |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | rotate |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |