revolves

Meaning of revolves

verb, 3rd person present
  1. move in a circle on a central axis.
    overhead, the fan revolved slowly

late Middle English (in the senses ‘turn (the eyes) back’, ‘restore’, ‘consider’): from Latin revolvere, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + volvere ‘roll’.

Information about revolves

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of revolves

re-volves

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • revolves is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

revolves synonyms

Meaning move or cause to move in a circle round an axis or centre:

rotate

Meaning turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly:

spin

Meaning move or cause to move rapidly round and round:

whirl

Meaning perform a pirouette:

pirouette

Meaning (of a bird or aircraft) fly in a wide circle or curve:

wheel

Anagrams of revolves

evolvers

Words that rhyme with revolves

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