Found 3 items, similar to Revolving.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: revolve berbaling, bergelinding, edar, memutarkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: revolve revolve v 1: 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” [syn: go around, rotate] 2: move in an orbit; “The moon orbits around the Earth”; “The planets are orbiting the sun”; “electrons orbit the nucleus” [syn: orbit] 3: 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” [syn: roll]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Revolving Revolve \Re*volve"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolving.] [L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re- + volvere to roll, turn round. See Voluble, and cf. Revolt, revolution.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] If the earth revolve thus, each house near the equator must move a thousand miles an hour. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 2. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun. [1913 Webster] 3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve. [1913 Webster] 4. To return; to pass. [R.] --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] Revolving \Re*volv"ing\, a. Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the revolution of the earth. [1913 Webster] But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley. [1913 Webster] Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] Revolving firearm. See Revolver. Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals, either by being turned about an axis so as to show light only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally intercepted by a revolving screen. [1913 Webster]