revolve

revolve is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. 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.
2. intransitive verb. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.
3. intransitive verb. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
4. intransitive verb. To return; to pass.
5. transitive verb. To cause to turn, as on an axis.
6. transitive verb. Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.
7. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: roll

8. verb. move in an orbit

   "The moon orbits around the Earth"

   "The planets are orbiting the sun"

   Synonyms: orb, orbit

9. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: rotate

Synonyms

roll, orb, orbit, rotate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in revolve:

evolver

Common word forms

revolved, revolver, revolves, revolving, revolvement

Words from these letters

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