Definitions
1.VerbTo spin, turn, or revolve."He rotated in his chair to face me.; The earth rotates."
2.VerbTo advance through a sequence; to take turns."The nurses' shifts rotate each week."
3.VerbTo lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff."The aircraft rotates at sixty knots."
4.VerbTo spin, turn, or revolve something."Rotate the dial to the left."
5.VerbTo advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
6.VerbTo replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first."The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around."
7.VerbTo grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
8.AdjectiveHaving the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped."a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla"