WordNet
v. center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" [syn: focus on, center on, revolve about, concentrate on, center]
move around in a circular motion; "The Earth revolves around the Sun" [syn: circle around, circle round]
Usage examples of "revolve around".
It would be ridiculous to believe the sun turns around a point that is of no use to it, it would be like saying, on seeing a roast lark, that to cook it you made the hearth revolve around it.
Today the Moon always turns the same face to the Earth, which means that it rotates once round its axis every month, the same time that it takes to revolve around the Earth.
The commonest criticism of my evaluations revolve around my being too particular about details, but I say almost on target is no better than missing it by a million miles.
I am beginning to believe that he made the planets that revolve around Appirmatzum for one reason only.
Despite some petty excitement caused by this little ship, the universe does not revolve around your kind.
It flickers in a dark upper corner of the room - Tak the Cruel, Tak the Despot - like a little cluster of disembodied bicycle taillights that pulse and revolve around each other.