English > circumvolve: 1 sense > verb 1, motion| Meaning | Cause to turn on an axis or center. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonym | rotate |
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| Cause to | revolve, go around, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center |
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| Entailed by | unscrew | loosen something by unscrewing it |
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| Narrower | birl, birle | Cause a floating log to rotate by treading |
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| 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 |
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| Similar to | revolve, go around, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center |
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| Spanish | hacer rotar, rodar, rotar |
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| Catalan | donar voltes, girar-se, girar, rodar, rotar, tombar-se, voltar |
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| Nouns | circumvolution | the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis |
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