rotated

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past simple and past participle of

to turn or cause something to turn in a circle, especially around a fixed point:

Rotate the handle by 180° to open the door.

The wheel rotates around an axle.

The satellite slowly rotates as it circles the earth.

If a job rotates or if a group of people rotate their jobs, the jobs are done at different times by different people.

When farmers rotate crops, they regularly change which crops they grow in a particular field.