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								turn on or around an axis or a center The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire
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								exchange on a regular basis
 We rotate the lead soprano every night
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								cause to turn on an axis or center
 Rotate the handle
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								perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
 Interns have to rotate for a few months
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								turn outward
 ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
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								plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
 We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil
 
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			| 1. Rotate / Past rotated
 2. Rotate / Third Person
 rotates
 3. Rotate / Present Participle
 rotating
 
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