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 ]

exchange on a regular basis; We rotate the lead soprano every night'

perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; Interns have to rotate for a few months'

cause to turn on an axis or center; Rotate the handle

[ Syn: circumvolve ]

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 ]

plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil'