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Meaning
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(verb) 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, rotate
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(verb) to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
gyrate, coil, spiral
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(verb) change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"
turn
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(verb) change direction; "The road bends"
bend
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(verb) cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
rotate, circumvolve
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(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
sheer, curve, slew, cut, trend, swerve, veer, slue
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(verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
twirl, twiddle, whirl, swirl
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(verb) move violently, energetically, or carelessly; "She threw herself forwards"
throw
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(verb) turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
splay, turn out, spread out, rotate
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(verb) change directions as if revolving on a pivot; "They wheeled their horses around and left"
wheel around, wheel
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(verb) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
writhe, wrestle, squirm, wriggle, twist, worm
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(verb) move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
turn over, roll
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(verb) turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head"
twist
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(verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
whirl, reel, gyrate, spin, spin around
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(verb) fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
tumble, whirl, whirl around
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(verb) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
flap, undulate, roll, wave
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(verb) move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"
turn
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(verb) cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"
revolve, roll
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(verb) cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"
turn, turn over
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(verb) form a curve; "The stick does not bend"
flex, bend
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(verb) go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
return
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