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(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)Īs he hurtled through the air, with giant limbs revolving, the lad's heart was in his mouth for surely no man ever yet had such a fall and came scathless out of it. Suddenly, as the landlady’s footsteps died away, there was the creak of a turning key, the handle revolved, and two thin hands darted out and lifted the tray from the chair. (Brazil astronomers discover ring around dwarf planet near Pluto, Agência Brasil) The ring revolves around Haumea, located in the so-called Kuiper Belt. (Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) They argued with many examples and analogies for a good ten minutes, revolving round me at the same time with their heads on one side and their glasses to their eyes. (Astronomers report dwarf star with unexpectedly giant planet, Wikinews) (Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)Īn international team of astronomers discovered an exoplanet, called NGTS-1b, revolving around M-dwarf star NGTS-1, that the team said does not fit existing notions of how stars and planets form. I revolved many projects, but that on which I finally fixed was to enter the dwelling when the blind old man should be alone.

Neptune takes 165 years to revolve around the Sun, and Jupiter takes 12 years to make the same journey. (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Transit (revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction)Īs I ran down the passage, my sister’s door was unlocked, and revolved slowly upon its hinges. Roll turn over (move by turning over or rotating) Retrograde (move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies)Ĭause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axisĭisplace move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense) Revolution (a single complete turn (axial or orbital))Ĭircle (move in a circular path above (someone or something)) Swirl twiddle twirl whirl (turn in a twisting or spinning motion) Gyrate reel spin spin around whirl (revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis) Wheel wheel around (change directions as if revolving on a pivot)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "revolve"):ĭrive in screw (cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion)

Hypernyms (to "revolve" is one way to.):Ĭircumvolve rotate (cause to turn on an axis or center) The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire