rotate

verbgo around in circle

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verb go around in circle

Antonyms for rotate

More words related to rotate

alternate

verb. take turns, change back and forth

alternated

verb. take turns, change back and forth

alternating

verb. take turns, change back and forth

bowl

verb. roll a ball down a lane

circle

verb. go around, circumnavigate

circled

verb. go around, circumnavigate

Word Origin & History

1794, intransitive, back-formation from rotation. Transitive sense from 1823. Related: Rotated; rotating. Rotator "muscle which allows a part to be moved circularly" is recorded from 1670s.

Example Sentences for rotate

If it does not, rotate the tube, but still so that the flame plays in the nick.

If the tool be lightly held, it will be found that it tends to rotate by itself.

You are not to rotate the object consciously or help it in any way.

Imagine a paddle-wheel placed in water and caused to rotate.

It would be necessary then that the ring-system should rotate around the planet.

They rotate with the motion they possess when thrown or shrunk off; but will they remain rings?

He would like to have as many legs as a wheel has spokes, and rotate about in the same way.

We must add that this vast world, like the Sun, does not rotate all in one period.

The most curious fact is that these satellites do not rotate like those of the other planets.

And as he glared in amazement, it began to rotate with growing speed.

rotate

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Antonyms for rotate

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alternated

alternating

bowl

circle

circled

Synonyms for rotate

alternate