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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve |
| Synonyms: | circle, circulate, circumduct, gyre, pirouette, purl, roll, rotate, spin, spiral, turn, twirl, whirl, whirligig |
| Main Entry: | rotate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around in circle |
| Synonyms: | circle, circumduct, circumvolve, gyrate, gyre, move, pirouette, pivot, reel, revolve, roll, spin, swivel, troll, trundle, turn, twirl, twist, waltz, wheel, whirl, whirligig, whirr |
| Notes: | revolve and rotate are synonyms in everyday writing, but not in scientific/technical writing: the Earth revolves around the Sun and rotates upon its axis |
| Main Entry: | twirl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn around circularly |
| Synonyms: | gyrate, gyre, pirouette, pivot, purl, revolve, rotate, spin, turn, twist, wheel, whirl, whirligig, wind |
| Antonyms: | straight, untwirl, untwist |
| Main Entry: | gyro |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gyrator |
| Synonyms: | gyroscope, gyrostat, spinner, whirligig |
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