rotate

Etymology
Borrowed from, perfect passive participle of , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To spin, turn, or revolve.
 * 2)  To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
 * 3)  To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
 * 4)  To spin, turn, or revolve something.
 * 5)  To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
 * 6)  To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
 * 7)  To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
 * 1)  To spin, turn, or revolve something.
 * 2)  To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
 * 3)  To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
 * 4)  To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
 * 1)  To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
 * 2)  To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
 * 1)  To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.

Usage notes
"Rotate about" implies that the object is spinning in place (i.e. the defined axis passes through through some internal point of the object), while "rotate around" implies that the object is orbiting an external point.

Synonyms

 * revolve
 * circumvolve

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: абарача́цца, абараці́цца, абярну́цца
 * Bulgarian: въртя се
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏗᏆᎸᏕᏲᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ，
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ingrian: pööriä
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: چەرخاندن, سوراندن
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: rotere
 * Nynorsk: rotere
 * Ottoman Turkish: دونمك
 * Pashto:, څرخول
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, , rotacionar,
 * Quechua: muyuy
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai: ,
 * White Hmong: tig


 * Bulgarian: редувам се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ，
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: rotere
 * Nynorsk: rotere
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: أَدَارَ
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: faire tourner
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, , rotacionar,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * White Hmong: tig


 * Bulgarian:


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 * Khmer: ត្រឡប់

Adjective

 * 1) Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: