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[ ri-vol-ving ] / rɪˈvɒl vɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR revolving ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivethat revolves: a revolving table top. Machinery. noting or pertaining to a radial engine whose cylinders revolve around a stationary crankshaft, as the engine of a helicopter. Origin of revolvingFirst recorded in 1690–1700; revolve + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM revolvingre·volv·ing·ly, adverbnon·re·volv·ing, adjectiveun·re·volv·ing, adjectiveWords nearby revolvingrevolutionist, revolutionize, Revolutions of 1848, revolve, revolver, revolving, revolving charge account, revolving credit, revolving door, revolving fund, revolving stage Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for revolvingFed up of being surrounded by a revolving cast of affluent crashing bores, I vowed to get out more. The Hell of the Hamptons: Why the Exclusive Hotspot Is a Mind-Numbing Drag|Robert Gold|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Evolve a revolving roundtable of women, or men, with diverse, unpredictable views. Is There Life Left in ‘The View’?|Tim Teeman|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Outside, to the left of the revolving doors, is where he would smoke his after-dinner cigarette. Michael Hastings' Hunger for Life|Jack Gray|June 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST His last few years have been a revolving door of corruption, scandal, resignation, and reinstatement. The U.N.’s Next President Is a Gay-Hating Friend of Uganda’s Corrupt Dictator|Jay Michaelson|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“At approximately 0240 hours, Mark Shand attempted to re-enter the hotel through the revolving doors,” Grimpel told BNO. Camilla's Brother Died After Falling In Gramercy Park Hotel Revolving Doors|Tom Sykes|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST The rapid turning of the inner tub for three minutes throws the clothing and water in them to the outside of the revolving center. Mechanical Devices in the Home|Edith Louise Allen At that moment the revolving searchlight on Monte Mario passed over the room. The Eternal City|Hall Caine He stood for a few moments, revolving the question in his own mind. A Life's Secret|Mrs. Henry Wood The squirrel in the revolving cage thinks it is progressing; Man is in a revolving cage. In revolving these precautions nothing occurred that was new. Edgar Huntley|Charles Brockden Brown
British Dictionary definitions for revolving
adjectivemoving around a central axisrevolving door (of a fund) constantly added to from income from its investments to offset outgoing payments (of a letter of credit, load, etc) available to be repeatedly drawn on by the beneficiary provided that a specified amount is never exceeded Derived forms of revolvingrevolvingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to revolvingorbiting, whirling, spinning, swirling, reeling, circulating, rolling, turning, encircling, gyrating, circling, twirling, pirouetting, rotary, circumgyratory, circumrotatory, circumvolutory, gyral, gyrational, gyratory |