Definisjon av revolve

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Verb

revolve - 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"
go around, rotate
turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, center on, revolve around, center center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
drive in, screw cause a run or runner to be scored; "His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run"
screw tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions; "Screw the bottle cap on"
circumvolve, rotate plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"
wheel around, wheel move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
spin around, gyrate, reel, whirl, spin 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"
swirl, twiddle, twirl, whirl manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner; "He twiddled his thumbs while waiting for the interview"
revolve - move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
orb, orbit
circle, circulate travel around something; "circle the globe"
retrograde go back over; "retrograde arguments"
revolve - 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"
roll
turn over, roll do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year"
displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
transit cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"
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Verb

revolve - To orbit a central point.
revolve - To turn on an axis.
revolve - To recur in cycles.
revolve - To ponder on, to reflect repeatedly upon, to consider all aspects of.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • revolve
    To move in the scope of something or someone.
  • revolve
    To move in an orbit.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) revolve
  • Presens: revolve / revolves
  • Preteritum: revolved
  • Perfektum: (have) revolved

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