verb
- Turn on or around an axis or a center.
- usage: "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
- Move in an orbit.
- usage: "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
- Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis.
- usage: "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"
- synonyms: roll
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