1.  rotate(v = verb.motion) go around, 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"
is one way to turn
Derived form noun rotation₁
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP

2.  rotate(v = verb.social) Array - exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"
is one way to alternate
Derived form noun rotation₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

3.  rotate(v = verb.competition) Array - perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"
is one way to serve
Derived form noun rotation₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

4.  rotate(v = verb.motion) circumvolve - cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
is one way to turn
Derived forms noun rotation₁, adjective rotatory₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

5.  rotate(v = verb.motion) splay, spread out, turn out - turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
is one way to turn
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

6.  rotate(v = verb.change) Array - plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"
is one way to grow
Derived form noun rotation₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

   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. [1913 Webster]

1.  To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve. [1913 Webster]

2.  To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office. [1913 Webster]

1.  To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle. [1913 Webster]

2.  To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office. Harper's Mag. [1913 Webster]

rotate, v.
1 intr. & tr. move round an axis or centre, revolve.
2 a tr. take or arrange in rotation. b intr. act or take place in rotation (the chairmanship will rotate).

Derivative:
rotatable adj. rotative adj. rotatory adj.

rotate, adj. Bot. wheel-shaped.

Etymology:
formed as ROTA

VB  rotate, roll along, revolve, spin, turn round, circumvolve, circulate, gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette, twirl, trundle, troll, bowl, roll up, furl, wallow, welter, box the compass, spin like a top, spin like a teetotum, spin out.