verb

1. To spin, turn, or revolve.

   “He rotated in his chair to face me.”

2. To advance through a sequence; to take turns.

   “The nurses' shifts rotate each week.”

3. (of aircraft) To lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.

   “The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.”

Synonyms: circumvolve, revolve

adjective

1. Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

   “a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla”