Crossword clues for revolved
revolved
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Revolve \Re*volve"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolving.] [L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re- + volvere to roll, turn round. See Voluble, and cf. Revolt, revolution.]
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To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.
If the earth revolve thus, each house near the equator must move a thousand miles an hour.
--I. Watts. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.
To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
To return; to pass. [R.]
--Ayliffe.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: revolve)
WordNet
adj. turned in a circle around an axis [syn: rotated]
Usage examples of "revolved".
She waved widely with both hands, then pulled the curtains firmly and revolved to face him.
Then, grinning over her shoulder as she revolved, she turned her back on him displaying her white, pinched bottom and the other side of her angled hips.
Go back to the bed …'' At the next landing she revolved again and projected her voice upwards, using her worn hands as a funnel.
He put the record on and watched for a few moments while it revolved before returning to the table and picking up his fork and the impaled pickled onion once more.
Gritting her teeth she took his weight and they slowly revolved from the wall.
The system where Valdor Industrial revolved around the binary star Massif-5 was a staggering conglomeration of moons and planetoids, asteroids and planets.
G was g, always pulling in the same direction as the bridge revolved to meet it.
He revolved his hand, and the coin had moved to the space between the next two fingers.
Typical of farm cultures, all life revolved around the cycle of the crops.
His chair revolved, pinning him to the back, and the meat pastry evaporated in a cloud of steam.
Starting slowly, they revolved faster until they were spinning flat out, parallel to the floor.
The two globes revolved around one another, and bobbed straight upward, with three griffins snapping and clawing for them.
Startled, she extended her wings and gently revolved end over end, colliding with Ruth.
He sat very alertly in the pilot's chair while the planet Kryder II revolved beneath him.
With all his senses assuring him that the ship revolved, he made his way on all-fours—with several falls—to where there was drinking water.