See Also: Rotate(medicine)
rotate(1)(dictionary)
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rotate(dictionary)

box(4) (iou) and rotate (oh)


box(4) (iou)



box verb1 trans. LME.
[from BOX noun2.]
Provide or fit with a box; put into a box, enclose in a box or casing; fit compactly as in a box; fig. confine and restrict the movement of, confine uncomfortably. Freq. foll. by in, up. LME.
b. Print within a border of rules. E20.
Bleed by cupping. LME-E17.
Make an excavation in the trunk of (a tree) for sap to collect. E18.
Mix up, muddle, (esp. different flocks of sheep). Chiefly Austral. & NZ. M19.

rotate (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of rotare, from rota 'wheel']
[I and T] to turn with a circular movement around a central point, or to make something do this
-synonym revolve revolve
-see also spin spin
::The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours.
::Rotate the pan halfway through the Baking time.
[I and T] if a job rotates, or if people rotate Jobs, they each do a particular job for a particular period of time
::The chairmanship of the committee rotates annually.
::Employers may rotate duties to give staff wider experience.
[I and T] to change the places of things or people, or to change places, especially in a circular direction
::Rotating the tyres every few months helps them last longer.
[T] technical to regularly change the crops grown on a piece of land, in order to preserve the quality of the soil
-see also crop rotation crop rotation