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Revolve

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Verb

1. go around, revolve, rotate

turn on or around an axis or a center

Example Sentences:
'The Earth revolves around the Sun'
'The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire'

2. orb, orbit, revolve

move in an orbit

Example Sentences:
'The moon orbits around the Earth'
'The planets are orbiting the sun'
'electrons orbit the nucleus'

3. revolve, roll

cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis

Example Sentences:
'She rolled the ball'
'They rolled their eyes at his words'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Revolve

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verb
1. 
to move or cause to move around a centre or axis; rotate
2. (intransitive)
to occur periodically or in cycles
3. 
to consider or be considered
4. (intr; foll by around or about)
to be centred or focused (upon)
Juliet's thoughts revolved around Romeo
noun
5. theatre
a circular section of a stage that can be rotated by electric power to provide a scene change

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Revolve

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verb transitiveWord forms: reˈvolved or reˈvolving
1. 
to turn over in the mind; reflect on
2. 
to cause to travel in a circle or orbit
3. 
to cause to rotate, or spin around an axis
verb intransitive
4. 
to move in a circle or orbit around a point
5. 
to spin or turn around a center or axis; rotate
6. 
to be oriented (around or about something regarded as a center)
7. 
to recur at intervals; occur periodically
8. 
to be pondered or reflected on

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Revolve

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v. re·volved, re·volv·ing, re·volves
v.intr.
1. To orbit a central point: The planets revolve around the sun.
2. To turn on an axis; rotate. See Synonyms at turn.
3. To be arranged as revolving credit: His credit line revolves.
4. To be centered: Their troubles revolve around money management.
v.tr.
1. To cause to revolve.
2. To ponder or reflect on: revolved the matter in his mind.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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