rotate meaning and definition

ROTATE verb

Definition of rotate (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"
   • synonyms: go around, revolve
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"
   • synonyms: circumvolve
5. turn outward
   • "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
   • synonyms: splay, spread out, turn 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"