REVOLVE

• (verb) cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis

  "She rolled the ball", "They rolled their eyes at his words"

  synonyms : roll

• (verb) move in an orbit

  "The moon orbits around the Earth", "The planets are orbiting the sun", "electrons orbit the nucleus"

  synonyms : orb , orbit

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : go around , rotate

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