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Meaning
means
(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) turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
twirl, twiddle, whirl, swirl
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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) 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) cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
rotate, circumvolve
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(verb) make a rolling motion or turn; "The dog rolled over"
roll over
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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) pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle"
move around, turn
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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) move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"
turn
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(verb) change direction; "The road bends"
bend
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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) move in circles
circle, circulate
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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) move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
roll, wheel
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(verb) cause to spin; "spin a coin"
whirl, twirl, birl, spin
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(verb) arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
roll, wrap, twine, wind
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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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