Rotate word meaning and definition

[verb] plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"
[verb] perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"
[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"
[verb] cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
[verb] exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"

\Ro"tate\, a. [L. rotatus, p. p. of rotare to turn round like a wheel, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Roue}.] Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
\Ro"tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rotated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rotating}.] 1. To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve. 2. To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
\Ro"tate\, v. i. 1. To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle. 2. To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office. [Colloq.] ``Both, after a brief service, were rotated out of office.'' --Harper's Mag.

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