Turn on an axis (6 letters)

{ Answer }

ROTATE

{ Related Clues }

What wheels do on an axis
Go through cycles
Take turns
Vary, as crops
Shift, in volleyball
Turn about
What some fans do
Make the rounds?
Work in shifts
Alternate
Spin
Turn around
Birl
Revolve
Circumvolve
Pivot
Change crops
Spin on an axis
Turn
Take for a spin?
Go around

{ Tags }

alternate, around, axis, birl, crops, cycles, do, fans, go, rotate, shift, shifts, some, spin, take, through, turn, turns, what, wheels, work

{ Notes }

The answer ROTATE is common and appears about once every 350 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ROTATE as a verb:

1. (revolve, go around, rotate) = 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"

2. exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"

3. (rotate, circumvolve) = cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"

4. perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"

5. (turn out, splay, spread out, rotate) = turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

6. plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"