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revolvingverbpresent participle of revolve 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 pivoting, rolling, rotating, spinning, swinging, swirling, swiveling(or swivelling), turning, twirling, twisting, wheeling, whirling screwing, unscrewingtwiddlingcoiling, cranking, reeling, windingcirculating 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 gyrating, pinwheeling, pirouetting, rolling, rotating, spinning, turning, twirling, wheeling, whirling coiling, curling, curving, rounding, spiraling(or spiralling), swirling, twining, twisting, windingcircling, circulating, encircling, orbiting, ringingpivoting, swiveling(or swivelling) 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 chewing over, cogitating, considering, contemplating, debating, deliberating, entertaining, eyeing(or eying), kicking around, meditating, mulling (over), perpending, pondering, poring (over), questioning, ruminating, studying, thinking (about or over), turning, weighing, wrestling (with) musing (upon), reflecting (on or upon), reminiscinganalyzing, exploring, reviewingconcluding, reasoningsecond-guessing, speculating (about)brooding (about or over), dwelling (on or upon), fixating (on or upon), fretting (about or over), obsessing (about or over)believing, conceiving, opiningabsorbing, assimilating, digesting, drinking (in) beating one's brains out (about), chewing on, cudgeling one's brains (about), looking at disregarding, ignoring, overlooking, slightingdismissing, pooh-poohing(also poohing), rejecting in 1599 |