Definition:
- (a.) Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
- (v. i.) To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
- (v. i.) To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
- (v. i.) To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
- (v. i.) To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.
Compare rotate with other words:
rotate vs. rutate
notate vs. rotate
encircle vs. rotate
revolute vs. rotate
gyrate vs. rotate
energy vs. rotate
rotate vs. tilt
rotate vs. swerve
evert vs. rotate
circulate vs. rotate
rotate vs. swing
rotate vs. traverse
ellipsoid vs. rotate
rotate vs. rotator
rotate vs. twirl
alternate vs. rotate
rotate vs. slue
pronate vs. rotate
rota vs. rotate
rotate vs. rotation
circumvolve vs. rotate
replace vs. rotate
rotate vs. sequence
advance vs. rotate
levorotatory vs. rotate
dextrorotatory vs. rotate
rotate vs. windmill
rotate vs. whirl
rotate vs. roundabout
kaleidoscope vs. rotate
pivot vs. rotate
lathe vs. rotate
rotate vs. shift
revolve vs. rotate
joint vs. rotate
rotate vs. twist
gerbil vs. rotate
rotate vs. rote
rotate vs. spiral
rotate vs. turn
pole vs. rotate
feather vs. rotate
rotate vs. slew
grind vs. rotate