rotate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To turn or spin around a central point.

   The Earth rotates once every twenty-four hours.

2. 2
   verb

   To turn or spin something around a central point.

   Rotate the dial slowly to find the right setting.

3. 3
   verb

   To take turns, or move through a sequence one after another.

   The nurses rotate their shifts every week.

4. 4
   verb

   To grow different crops in a field in a regular cycle.

   Farmers rotate the crops to keep the soil healthy.

Borrowed from Latin rotātus, perfect passive participle of rotō (“revolve”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from rota (“wheel”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

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