Definition of revolve

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Revolve (v. i.) To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense..

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Project :: Project (v. t.) To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan..
Axis :: Axis (n.) A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel..
Wheel :: Wheel (v. i.) To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate..
Barker''s Mill :: Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis..
Planet :: Planet (n.) A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See Solar system..
Circle :: Circle (n.) To move around; to revolve around.
Enorthotrope :: Enorthotrope (n.) An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope..
Birl :: Birl (v. t. & i.) To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin.
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine..
Circumvolve :: Circumvolve (v. t.) To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.
Jupiter :: "Jupiter (n.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity..
Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons..
Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe..
Unturned :: Unturned (a.) Not turned; not revolved or reversed.
Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
Twine :: Twine (v. i.) To turn round; to revolve.
Turbinate :: Turbinate (v. i.) To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.
Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
Bucket :: Bucket (n.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel..
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