rotated Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb turn on or around an axis or a center
   revolve; go around; rotate.
   
   • The Earth revolves around the Sun
   • The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire
2. verb exchange on a regular basis
   rotate.
   
   • We rotate the lead soprano every night
3. verb perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
   rotate.
   
   • Interns have to rotate for a few months
4. verb cause to turn on an axis or center
   rotate; circumvolve.
   
   • Rotate the handle
5. verb turn outward
   splay; rotate; turn out; spread out.
   
   • These birds can splay out their toes
   • ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
6. verb plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
   rotate.
   
   • We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil
7. adjective satellite turned in a circle around an axis
   revolved.
   

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