Revolve

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  • intransitive verb. To orbit a central point.
  • intransitive verb. To turn on an axis; rotate. synonym: turn.
  • intransitive verb. To be arranged as revolving credit.
  • intransitive verb. To be centered.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to revolve.
  • intransitive verb. To ponder or reflect on.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To turn or roll about on an axis; rotate.
  • To move about a center; circle; move in a curved path; follow such a course as to come round again to a former place: as, the planets revolve about the sun.
  • To pass through periodic changes; return or recur at regular intervals; hence, to come around in process of time.
  • To pass to and fro in the mind; be revolved or pondered.
  • To revolve ideas in the mind; dwell, as upon a fixed idea; meditate; ponder.
  • To return; devolve again.
  • To turn or cause to roll round, as upon an axis.
  • To cause to move in a circular course or orbit: as, to revolve the planets in an orrery.
  • To turn over and over in the mind; ponder; meditate on; consider.
  • To turn over the pages of; look through; search.
  • noun. A revolution; a radical change in political or social affairs.
  • noun. A thought; a purpose or intention.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cause to turn, as on an axis.
  • transitive verb. Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.
  • intransitive verb. To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.
  • intransitive verb. To move in a curved path round a center.
  • intransitive verb. To pass in cycles.
  • intransitive verb. To return; to pass.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To orbit a central point.
  • verb. To turn on an axis.
  • verb. To recur in cycles.
  • verb. To ponder on, to reflect repeatedly upon, to consider all aspects of.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
  • verb. turn on or around an axis or a center
  • verb. move in an orbit
  • Word Usage
    "His pitching staff wasn't nearly as good, but Milwaukee's chances of reaching the postseason or winning a title revolve around Fielder, who will reach free agency after the 2011 season."
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