rotate Definition

rotate
verb rotated, rotating

tr & intr
1. To turn or make something turn about an axis like a wheel; to revolve.

Thesaurus: revolve, spin, turn, pivot, reel, pirouette, gyrate, wheel.
2. To arrange in an ordered sequence.
intr
3. To change position, take turns in doing something, etc according to an ordered sequence.

Thesaurus: switch, alternate, interchange.
4. To grow (different crops) in an ordered sequence on the same ground to avoid exhausting the soil and to resist the onset of plant-specific diseases.

adj

1. bot.
Said of the petals of a corolla: wheel-shaped; radiating like the spokes of a wheel.

Derivative: rotatable
adj

Etymology: 17c: from Latin rotare, rotatum, from rota wheel.