Thesaurus: pivot

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1. n. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
2. n. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
3. n. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.
4. n. The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
5. v. t. To place on a pivot.
6. n. the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
7. n. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
8. n. the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot
9. v. turn on a pivot
10. 1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns. 2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch. 3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise. 4. (Mil.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man. Pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span, called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical axis. -- Pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage, so as to turn in any direction. -- Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg. To place on a pivot. Clarke.
11. The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike thecompany or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivotman. Pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span, called thepivot span, turns about a central vertical axis.-- Pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage, so asto turn in any direction.-- Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to the rootof a natural tooth by a pin or peg.
12. v:39/n:61 n. the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver n. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns n. the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot v. turn on a pivot