revolve

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verb

1. turn on or around an axis or a center (Freq. 1)
- The Earth revolves around the Sun
- The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire
• Syn:
go around, rotate
• See Also:
revolve around
• Derivationally related forms:
rotation (for: rotate), revolution
• Hypernyms:
turn
• Hyponyms:
screw, drive in, wheel, wheel around, spin,
spin, whirl, reel, gyrate, twirl,
swirl, twiddle
• Verb Group:
rotate, circumvolve
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
2. move in an orbit (Freq. 1)
- The moon orbits around the Earth
- The planets are orbiting the sun
- electrons orbit the nucleus
• Syn:
orb, orbit
• Derivationally related forms:
revolution, orbit (for: orbit), orbiter (for: orbit)
• Hypernyms:
circle, circulate
• Hyponyms:
retrograde
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Something ----s something
3. 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
• Syn:
roll
• Derivationally related forms:
roll (for: roll)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
transit
• Verb Group:
roll, turn over
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  roll, orb, orbit, go around, rotate