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rotating |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb rotate 2 of 4 senses of rotate Sense 1 revolve, go around rotate => screw, drive in => screw => wheel, wheel around => spin, spin around whirl, reel, gyrate => twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl Sense 3 rotate, circumvolve => crank, crank up => whirl, birl, spin, twirl => birl, birle Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb rotate 2 of 4 senses of rotate 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 3 rotate, circumvolve => crank, crank up => whirl, birl, spin, twirl => birl, birle Entailment of verb rotate Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb rotate 4 senses of rotate Sense 1 revolve, go around rotate => turn Sense 2 rotate => alternate Sense 3 rotate, circumvolve => turn Sense 4 rotate => serve Familiarity of verb rotate rotate used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb rotate Sense 1 revolve, go around rotate => turn Sense 3 rotate, circumvolve => turn -------------- Sense 2 rotate => alternate Sense 4 rotate => serve -------------- Grep of noun rotating rotating mechanism rotating shaft Overview of verb rotate The verb rotate has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (8) 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) rotate -- (exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night") 3. (1) rotate, circumvolve -- (cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle") 4. (1) rotate -- (perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months") Overview of adj rotating The adj rotating has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) revolving, rotating, turning, wheeling -- (turning about an axis) Antonyms of adj rotating 1 sense of rotating Sense 1 revolving, rotating, turning, wheeling INDIRECT (VIA moving) -> nonmoving, unmoving Similarity of adj rotating 1 sense of rotating Sense 1 revolving, rotating, turning, wheeling => moving (vs. nonmoving) Attributes of adj rotating Familiarity of adj rotating rotating used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj rotating rotating Overview of verb rotate The verb rotate has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (8) 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) rotate -- (exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night") 3. (1) rotate, circumvolve -- (cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle") 4. (1) rotate -- (perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months") Overview of adj rotating The adj rotating has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) revolving, rotating, turning, wheeling -- (turning about an axis)
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