| VERB | motion | circumvolve, rotate | cause to turn on an axis or center |
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| Meaning | Cause to turn on an axis or center. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | rotate | |
| Cause to | revolve, go around, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center |
| Entailed by | unscrew | loosen something by unscrewing it |
| Narrower | birl, birle | Cause a floating log to rotate by treading |
| crank, crank up | Rotate with a crank | |
| whirl, birl, spin, twirl | Cause to spin | |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Similar to | revolve, go around, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center |
| Spanish | hacer rotar, rodar, rotar | |
| Catalan | donar voltes, girar-se, girar, rodar, rotar, tombar-se, voltar | |
| Nouns | circumvolution | the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis |
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