revolveverb [ I or T ]
uk/rɪˈvɒlv/us/rɪˈvɑːlv/to move or cause something to move around a central point or line:
The earth revolves around the sun.
The gun turret revolved until the gun was aimed at the advancing soldiers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revolving, rotating and spinning
- centrifugal
- centripetal
- Foucault pendulum
- go round
- gyrate
- in rotation idiom
- rev
- rotation
- round and round idiom
- rpm
- sidespin
- span
- spin
- spin (sb) around
- swing
- swing (sth/sb) around
- tailspin
- twiddle
- wheel
- wheel round
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Phrasal verb(s)
revolve around sb/sth