rotate

1. a. Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped">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. Source: opted

2. v. i. To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve. Source: opted

3. v. i. To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office. Source: opted

4. v. i. To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle. Source: opted

5. v. i. To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office. Source: opted

6. v. turn on or around an axis or a center Source: wordnet

7. v. exchange on a regular basis Source: wordnet

8. v. perform a job or duty on a rotating basis Source: wordnet

9. v. cause to turn on an axis or center Source: wordnet

10. v. turn outward Source: wordnet

11. v. plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession Source: wordnet

12. Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped">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. 1. To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve. 2. To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office. 1. To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle. 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, were rotated out of office." Harper's Mag. Source: webster

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