to rotate crops

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• rotate — [rō′tāt΄, rō tāt′] vi., vt. rotated, rotating [< L rotatus, pp. of rotare, to turn < rota, wheel: see ROLL] 1. to turn around or cause to turn around a center point or axis; revolve 2. to go or cause to go in a regular and recurring… …   English World dictionary

• rotate — I. adjective Etymology: Latin rota Date: 1785 having the parts flat and spreading or radiating like the spokes of a wheel < rotate blue flowers > II. verb (rotated; rotating) Etymology: Latin rotatus, past participle of rotare, from rota …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rotate — I. /roʊˈteɪt / (say roh tayt) verb (rotated, rotating) –verb (t) 1. to cause to turn round like a wheel on its axis. 2. to cause to go through a round of changes; cause to pass or follow in a fixed routine of succession: to rotate crops. –verb… …  

• rotate — I ro•tate [[t]ˈroʊ teɪt[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]roʊˈteɪt[/t]] v. tat•ed, tat•ing 1) to turn around on or as if on an axis; revolve 2) to proceed in a fixed routine of succession 3) to cause to turn around an axis or center point 4) agr. to cause to… …   From formal English to slang

• rotate — 1 *turn, revolve, gyrate, circle, spin, twirl, whirl, wheel, eddy, swirl, pirouette 2 Rotate, alternate can both mean to succeed or cause to succeed each other in turn. Rotate may be used in reference to two or more persons or things; it implies… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• rotate — ► VERB 1) move in a circle round an axis. 2) move or pass on in a regularly recurring order or succession. 3) grow (different crops) in succession on a particular piece of land. DERIVATIVES rotatable adjective rotatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin… …   English terms dictionary

• rotate — 01. Not too long ago, people believed that the sun and all the planets [rotated] around the Earth. 02. It takes the earth 24 hours to [rotate] on its axis. 03. The doctor [rotated] the patient s shoulder to determine if there was any injury to… …   Grammatical examples in English

• rotate — ro|tate [rəuˈteıt US ˈrouteıt] v [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of rotare, from rota wheel ] 1.) [I and T] to turn with a circular movement around a central point, or to make something do this = ↑revolve →↑spin ▪ The Earth… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rotate — verb 1 (I, T) to turn around a fixed point, or to make something do this: a rotating blade 2 (I, T) if a job rotates, or if people rotate jobs, they each do the jobs for a fixed period of time, one after the other: The chairmanship of the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• rotate — rotate1 rotatable, adj. rotatably, adv. /roh tayt/ or, esp. Brit., /roh tayt /, v., rotated, rotating. v.t. 1. to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve. 2. to cause to go through a cycle of changes; cause to pass or follow in a… …   Universalium

• rotate — [rə(ʊ) teɪt] verb 1》 move in a circle round an axis. 2》 pass to each member of a group in a regularly recurring order. 3》 grow (different crops) in succession on a particular piece of land. Derivatives rotatable adjective rotating adjective… …   English new terms dictionary