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revolve

/ revolve /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 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"
Type of:
turn
Kinds of:
screw drive in wheel wheel around spin
Derived:
rotation rotary motion revolution gyration
Verb group:
rotate circumvolve
See also:
focus on center on revolve around revolve about concentrate on
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 2
cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
"She rolled the ball"
"They rolled their eyes at his words"
Type of:
move displace
Kinds of:
transit
Derived:
axial rotation axial motion roll
Verb group:
roll turn over
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
move in an orbit
"The moon orbits around the Earth"
"The planets are orbiting the sun"
"electrons orbit the nucleus"
Type of:
circle circulate
Kinds of:
retrograde
Derived:
rotation revolution gyration orbit electron orbit
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
52%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
33
Times Searched
2
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turn screw drive in wheel wheel around spin move displace transit circle circulate retrograde