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(noun) a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
gyration, revolution, rotation
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(noun) a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
bight
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(noun) the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"
rotation, rotary motion
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(noun) curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
bend, curve
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(verb) 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"
revolve, go around, rotate
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(verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
whirl, reel, gyrate, spin, spin around
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(verb) cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
rotate, circumvolve
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(verb) turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
splay, turn out, spread out, rotate
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(verb) move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
turn over, roll
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(verb) change direction; "The road bends"
bend
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(verb) move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"
turn
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(verb) 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"
turn
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(verb) change directions as if revolving on a pivot; "They wheeled their horses around and left"
wheel around, wheel
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(verb) cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"
revolve, roll
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(verb) fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
tumble, whirl, whirl around
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(verb) 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"
gyrate, coil, spiral
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(verb) move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
orb, orbit, revolve
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(verb) form a curve; "The stick does not bend"
flex, bend
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(verb) exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"
rotate
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(verb) perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"
rotate
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(verb) cause to spin; "spin a coin"
whirl, twirl, birl, spin
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