revolve

Meanings

• Verb

  Move around a center or pivot; rotate.

  - "The Earth revolves around the Sun."
  - "The fan blades revolve when the motor is running."

• Transitive verb

  Cause (something) to move around a center or pivot; rotate.

  - "The planets revolve around their suns."
  - "The top spins when you flick your wrist to revolve it."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with revolve
dovel , novel , rivulet , javelin

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Variants

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revolvable , revolve , revolved , revolves , revolving , revolve around , revolved around , revolves around , revolving around , the world revolves around

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Forms

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revolves, revolved, revolving

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Etymology

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From Old French revolver, from re- 'back' + volver 'roll'.

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Trivia

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1. The Earth takes about 365.25 days to revolve around the Sun.

2. The Moon revolves around the Earth in approximately 27.3 days.

3. The human eye revolves in its socket about 100,000 times in a lifetime.

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Related Concepts

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1. Orbit: The curved path that a celestial body follows around a star or planet.

2. Axis: The imaginary line around which a body revolves.

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Culture

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In literature, revolve is often used figuratively to mean 'consider' or 'contemplate'. In music, 'Revolve Around the Sun' is a song by the band Red Hot Chili Peppers.

How to Memorize "revolve"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a wheel rotating around its axis to help remember the meaning of revolve.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the action of a spinning top to remember the meaning.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic phrase like 'Reverse the direction of a vehicle' to remember the spelling of revolve.

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