1move or cause to move in a circle round an axis or centre: [no object]:the wheel continued to rotate (as adjective rotating)a rotating drum [with object]:the small directional side rockets rotated the craft
2 [no object] pass to each member of a group in a regularly recurring order:the job of chairing the meeting rotates
[with object] grow (different crops) in succession on a particular piece of land to avoid exhausting the soil:these crops were sometimes rotated with grass
[with object] change the position of (tyres) on a motor vehicle to distribute wear:radial tyres should only be rotated from front to rear on the same side
