Rotate means to circle around a center point. Wheels on a car rotate, planets rotate, and if you're an ice skater, you rotate on the blade of a skate when you do your spins. Rotate can also mean that you take turns performing a job.
Definition of rotate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] to move or turn around a central fixed point; to make something do this. Stay well away from the helicopter when its blades start to rotate. rotate something Rotate the wheel through 180 degrees.
Take each foot in both your hands and rotate it to loosen and relax the ankle. [VERB noun] If people or things rotate, or if someone rotates them, they take it in turns to do a particular job or serve a particular purpose. The members of the club can rotate and one person can do all the preparation for the evening. [VERB]
A two-dimensional rotating object has only one possible central axis and can rotate in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. A three-dimensional object has an infinite number of possible central axes and rotational directions.
Define rotating. rotating synonyms, rotating pronunciation, rotating translation, English dictionary definition of rotating. v. ro·tat·ed , ro·tat·ing , ro·tates v. intr. 1. To turn around on an axis or center. See Synonyms at turn. 2. To proceed in sequence; take turns or...
