Rotate meaning

verb

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”

   Synonymsrevolvego around

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”

   Synonymscircumvolve

5. turn outward

   “These birds can splay out their toes”

   “ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees”

   Synonymsturn outsplayspread out

6. plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession

   “We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil”