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rotate

v. perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"

rotate

v. plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"

rotate

v. exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"

rotate, circumvolve

v. cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"

revolve, go around, rotate

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"

turn out, splay, spread out, rotate

v. turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

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whirl, tumble, whirl around

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

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"

circle, circulate

v. move in circles

change, alter, modify

v. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

counterchange, transpose, interchange

v. cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"

whirl, birl, spin, twirl

v. cause to spin; "spin a coin"

roll

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

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