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v. cause a floating log to rotate by treading

v. cause to spin; "spin a coin"

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v. turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"

spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate

v. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

turn

v. change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"

pivot, swivel

v. turn on a pivot

roll

v. move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"

whirl, tumble, whirl around

v. fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

gyrate, spiral, coil

v. to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

pitch

v. fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"

cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch

v. heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

rock, sway

v. cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"

careen, wobble, shift, tilt

v. move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

nod

v. sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze"

flip, toss

v. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"

wind, wrap, roll, twine

v. arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"

twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl

v. turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

resurrect, rise, uprise

v. return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"

hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride

v. get up on the back of; "mount a horse"

eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl

v. flow in a circular current, of liquids

twine

v. make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope"

corkscrew, spiral

v. move in a spiral or zigzag course

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