Rotate - Definition

v 1: turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves
around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the
fire" [syn: revolve, go around, rotate]
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 center; "Rotate the handle" [syn:
rotate, circumvolve]
5: turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet
dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" [syn: turn
out, splay, spread out, rotate]
6: plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We
rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"