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revolveverb to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axisthe salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side pivot, roll, rotate, spin, swing, swirl, swivel, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl screw, unscrewtwiddlecoil, crank, reel, windcirculate to move in circles around an axis or centerthe sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars gyrate, pinwheel, pirouette, roll, rotate, spin, turn, twirl, wheel, whirl coil, curl, curve, round, spiral, swirl, twine, twist, windcircle, circulate, encircle, orbit, ringpivot, swivel to give serious and careful thought tofor the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, ponder, pore (over), question, ruminate, study, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with) muse (upon), reflect (on or upon), reminisceanalyze, explore, reviewconclude, reasonsecond-guess, speculate (about)brood (about or over), dwell (on or upon), fixate (on or upon), fret (about or over), obsess (about or over)believe, conceive, opineabsorb, assimilate, digest, drink (in) beat one's brains out (about), chew on, cudgel one's brains (about), look at disregard, ignore, overlook, slightdismiss, pooh-pooh(also pooh), reject in the 15th century |