cause to rotate
1rotate — [rō′tāt΄, rō tāt′] vi., vt. rotated, rotating [< L rotatus, pp. of rotare, to turn < rota, wheel: see ROLL] 1. to turn around or cause to turn around a center point or axis; revolve 2. to go or cause to go in a regular and recurring… …
2rotate — 1 *turn, revolve, gyrate, circle, spin, twirl, whirl, wheel, eddy, swirl, pirouette 2 Rotate, alternate can both mean to succeed or cause to succeed each other in turn. Rotate may be used in reference to two or more persons or things; it implies… …
3Rotate — Ro tate, v. i. 1. To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office. [Colloq.] Both, after a brief service,… …
4rotate — I. adjective Etymology: Latin rota Date: 1785 having the parts flat and spreading or radiating like the spokes of a wheel < rotate blue flowers > II. verb (rotated; rotating) Etymology: Latin rotatus, past participle of rotare, from rota …
5rotate — I. /roʊˈteɪt / (say roh tayt) verb (rotated, rotating) –verb (t) 1. to cause to turn round like a wheel on its axis. 2. to cause to go through a round of changes; cause to pass or follow in a fixed routine of succession: to rotate crops. –verb… …
6rotate — rotate1 rotatable, adj. rotatably, adv. /roh tayt/ or, esp. Brit., /roh tayt /, v., rotated, rotating. v.t. 1. to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve. 2. to cause to go through a cycle of changes; cause to pass or follow in a… …
7rotate — I ro•tate [[t]ˈroʊ teɪt[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]roʊˈteɪt[/t]] v. tat•ed, tat•ing 1) to turn around on or as if on an axis; revolve 2) to proceed in a fixed routine of succession 3) to cause to turn around an axis or center point 4) agr. to cause to… …
8rotate — ro·tate rō .tāt, esp Brit rō vb, ro·tat·ed; ro·tat·ing vi to turn about an axis or a center vt to cause to turn about an axis or a center <rotate the head> * * * ro·tate (roґtāt) to turn around an axis; to twist …
9rotate — ro·tate || rəʊ teɪt v. cause to spin, cause to revolve around a central axis; spin or revolve around a central axis …
10rotate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. revolve, turn round, pivot; alternate. See rotation, oscillation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To turn around an axis] Syn. pivot, twist, wheel, revolve; see turn 1 . 2. [To alternate] Syn. interchange,… …
