rotate

(v) 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
revolve, go around,
(v) exchange on a regular basis
- We rotate the lead soprano every night
(v) perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
- Interns have to rotate for a few months
(v) cause to turn on an axis or center
- Rotate the handle
circumvolve,
(v) turn outward
- These birds can splay out their toes
- ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
splay, spread out, turn out,
(v) plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
- We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil

revolve go around circumvolve splay spread out turn out

rotary

rotated