REVOLVE

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revolve
v. rotate, turn, spin; encircle, move in a circle around a central point; think about, contemplate


WordNet 2.0 DictionaryDownload this dictionary
revolve
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) go around, rotate
(hypernym) turn
(hyponym) screw, drive in
(see-also) focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center
(verb-group) rotate, circumvolve
(derivation) rotation, revolution, gyration
2. move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
(synonym) orbit
(hypernym) circle, circulate
(hyponym) retrograde
(derivation) rotation, revolution, gyration
3. 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"
(synonym) roll
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) transit
(verb-group) roll, turn over



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revolver
v. revolve, rotate; trundle; turn over, upturn; run

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Revolve
(v. t.)
To cause to turn, as on an axis.
  
 
(v. t.)
Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.
  
 
(v. i.)
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.
  
 
(v. i.)
To return; to pass.
  
 
(v. i.)
To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
  
 
(v. i.)
To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
Moby ThesaurusDownload this dictionary
revolve
Synonyms and related words:
alternate, be here again, brood over, chaw, chew over, circle, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circulation, circumambulate, circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumrotate, circumvent, circumvolute, circumvolution, close the circle, come again, come and go, come around, come full circle, come round, come round again, come up again, compass, con over, consider, contemplate, convert, crank, cycle, deliberate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, depend, describe a circle, digest, encircle, encompass, evert, flank, girdle, girdle the globe, go about, go around, go round, go the round, gyrate, gyration, gyre, intermit, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, lap, make a circuit, meditate, meditate upon, mull over, muse, muse on, muse over, orbit, oscillate, pirouette, pivot, ponder, ponder over, pronate, pulsate, pulse, reappear, recur, reel, reflect over, reflect upon, rely, reoccur, repeat, resupinate, return, reverse, roll, roll around, rotate, rotation, round, ruminate, ruminate over, run over, screw, skirt, spin, spiral, supinate, surround, swing, swivel, think about, think over, transpose, turn, turn a pirouette, turn about, turn around, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn out, turn over, turn round, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn upside down, twirl, twist, undulate, wamble, weigh, wheel, wheel around, whirl, wind
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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