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
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'