Rotate | Mean of rotate in English Dictionary

/ˈroʊˌteɪt/

• Verb
• to move or turn in a circle
1. As the gear rotates, it turns the other gears.
2. The Earth rotates on its axis.
3. The planets rotate around the sun.
4. a rotating propeller
5. The software allows you to rotate images.
6. Rotate the sheet of paper 90 degrees.
• to regularly change the person who does a particular job so that all the members of a group do it at different times
1. The staff rotates the weekend shift.
2. We rotate—she does the dishes one week; I do them the next.
3. The work is done by volunteers on a rotating basis. [=the volunteers take turns doing the work]
• to regularly change the place or position of things or people so that each takes the place of another
1. You should rotate your car's tires once a year.
2. (US) The soldier was rotated home after six months. [=the soldier was sent home after six months and another soldier took his place]
3. The seasons rotate.

• to regularly change (crops grown on one piece of land) to make sure the soil stays healthy
1. They rotate alfalfa and/with corn. [=grow alfalfa one year and corn the next]