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Verb revolve has 3 senses
- revolve, go around, rotate - turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
--1 is one way to turn
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- orbit, revolve - move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
--2 is one way to circle, circulate
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something
- roll, revolve - cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"
--3 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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