ROTATE
\ɹə͡ʊtˈe͡ɪt], \ɹəʊtˈeɪt], \ɹ_əʊ_t_ˈeɪ_t]\
Definitions of ROTATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
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cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
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perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"
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turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
By Princeton University
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cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
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perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
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To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
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To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
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To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
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To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.
By Oddity Software
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Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
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To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
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To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
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To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
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To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.
By Noah Webster.
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To cause to turn on, or as on, an axis; cause to alternate or change about.
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To turn around its own center or axis; revolve; to alternate, or do any act, etc., in turn.
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Rotative.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald