Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In zoology, same as revolute.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of revolve.

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  • adjective turned in a circle around an axis

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Examples

  • As the label revolved in front of him, he picked up the bottle and poured.

    The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010

  • ROWLANDS: A number of the calls revolved around a possible sighting of Laci Peterson in Longview, Washington.

    CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2004 2004

  • The Crusaders knew any hopes of a league title revolved around a win Friday and they left no doubt about their intensions after racing out to a 14-2 lead.

    timesunion.com: Local Breaking News 2010

  • Much of the call revolved around a discussion of the company's Match personals business, which performed particularly well during the quarter.

    IAC Says It Wants To Launch A Print 'Companion' To The Daily Beast - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • Matthew Hittinger, foreground, and other attendees worked their way through various poses, including Parivrtta Parsvakonasana, also known as the revolved side-angle pose.

    Money Managers Learn to Breathe Deeply 2008

  • This word revolved in my fiery brain, made a terrible noise and commotion.

    Beasts, Men and Gods Ferdinand Ossendowski 1910

  • Being thus led to consider the subject more attentively, he wrote to Newton that wherever the direction of gravity was oblique to the axis on which the earth revolved, that is, in every part of the earth except the equator, falling bodies should approach to the equator, and the deviation from the vertical, in place of being exactly to the east, as Newton maintained, should be to the southeast of the point from which the body began to move.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • Mr. Cutler said the supply-chain issues that emerged in the second quarter revolved around worker shortages rather than plant constraints.

    Supply Kinks Stall Trucks Bob Tita 2011

  • A fair amount of this work revolved around reading religious texts, memoirs, and historical accounts of 17th-century Hindustan.

    John Shors discusses his third novel, Dragon House 2010

  • Nine years ago, Pam Cope owned a cozy hair salon in the tiny town of Neosho, Missouri, and her life revolved around her son's baseball games, her daughter's dance lessons, and family trips to places like Disney World.

    Jantsen's Gift by Pam Cope: Book summary 2010

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