rotate

Verb

• plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
  • We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil
    

• turn outward
  • These birds can splay out their toes
    
  • ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
    

• cause to turn on an axis or center
  • Rotate the handle
    

• perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
  • Interns have to rotate for a few months
    

• exchange on a regular basis
  • We rotate the lead soprano every night
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  turn out , splay , spread out , circumvolve , revolve , go around