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revolves |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb revolve 2 of 3 senses of revolve Sense 1 revolve, go around rotate => screw, drive in => screw => wheel, wheel around => spin, spin around whirl, reel, gyrate => twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl Sense 2 orbit, revolve => retrograde Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb revolve 2 of 3 senses of revolve Sense 1 revolve, go around rotate => screw, drive in => screw => screw up => wheel, wheel around => cartwheel => spin, spin around whirl, reel, gyrate => whirligig => twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl Sense 2 orbit, revolve => retrograde Entailment of verb revolve Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb revolve 3 senses of revolve Sense 1 revolve, go around rotate => turn Also See-> revolve around#1 Sense 2 orbit, revolve => circle, circulate Sense 3 roll, revolve, turn over => turn Familiarity of verb revolve revolve used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb revolve Sense 1 revolve, go around rotate => turn -------------- Sense 2 orbit, revolve => circle, circulate -------------- Sense 3 roll, revolve, turn over => turn -------------- Overview of verb revolve The verb revolve has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) revolve, go around rotate -- (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") 2. (1) orbit, revolve -- (move in an orbit, as of celestial bodies: "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun") 3. roll, revolve, turn over -- (to rotate or cause to rotate: "The child rolled down the hill"; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"; "turn over to your left side") Overview of verb revolve The verb revolve has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) revolve, go around rotate -- (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") 2. (1) orbit, revolve -- (move in an orbit, as of celestial bodies: "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun") 3. roll, revolve, turn over -- (to rotate or cause to rotate: "The child rolled down the hill"; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"; "turn over to your left side")
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